'CNET TV - Powered By Optimum,' Features Hours of Product Reviews, Tech
News, Help And How-To Advice From CNET, All Available On Demand to iO
Digital Cable Customers on Channel 607
BETHPAGE, N.Y., July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems
Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced the launch of an innovative technology-
focused interactive channel in partnership with CNET (http://www.cnet.com), the
place where people go to discover the latest in tech and consumer
electronics, and a property of CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET). "CNET TV
- Powered By Optimum" is now available to iO digital cable customers on
channel 607. The free channel features hours of product reviews, commentary
on breaking tech news, help and how-to advice, and CNET's popular tech
shows like the Top 5, Insider Secrets, and Prize Fight, available at all
times through the convenience of on demand.
"Our Optimum customers enjoy the best voice, video and high-speed
Internet services in our market, over the nation's most advanced fiber
optic network, which makes them a perfect audience for the kind of
technology-focused news and information for which CNET is so highly
regarded," said Dermot McCormack, Cablevision's senior vice president of
interactive product management. "We are pleased to deliver this valuable
content to our digital cable customers through the power and convenience of
interactive television, particularly since CNET is focused on covering the
kinds of devices our customers use to get the most out of their Optimum
services, including computers, high- definition televisions, digital
cameras and music players."
"We are pleased to use the power of interactive television to deliver
CNET's award-winning original programming to an audience that clearly
appreciates life has gone digital," said Joe Gillespie, executive vice
president at CNET. "This is a terrific extension of our existing
distribution, both on the Web and on TV, and will make it even easier for
Optimum customers to make smart and educated decisions when it comes to
buying and consuming technology."
"CNET TV - Powered By Optimum," initially features several hours of
programming, broken into more than 100 distinct titles or choices for iO
customers. Selections available today include the latest videos on favorite
tech products and topics, from reviews of Apple's iPhone and the new
MacBook Pro notebook computer, popular gaming systems, the latest HDTV's,
to MP3 Players. Viewers are also able to view CNET's popular tech shows
like Top 5 and Prize Fight, which help consumers figure out which gadgets
to buy and how to get the most out of them. The content will be refreshed
and updated each month and the service will be advertiser-supported and
available to Cablevision's iO customers without any additional charge.
With more than 2.5 million iO digital cable customers, 80 percent of
Cablevision's cable television customers are digital customers, with access
to video on demand and interactive television services like News 12
Interactive and CNET TV - Powered By Optimum.
About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) is one of the nation's
leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable
television operations serve more than 3 million households in the New York
metropolitan area. The company's advanced telecommunications offerings
include its iO: Interactive Optimum(R) digital television, Optimum
Online(R) high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice(R) digital voice-over-cable,
and its Optimum Lightpath integrated business communications services.
Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings LLC operates several successful
programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, WE tv and other national and
regional networks. In addition to its telecommunications and programming
businesses, Cablevision owns Madison Square Garden and its sports teams,
the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. The company also operates New
York's famed Radio City Music Hall, and owns and operates Clearview
Cinemas.
About CNET
CNET (http://www.cnet.com), a CNET Networks property, is where people go to
discover the latest in tech and consumer electronics. Driven by a trusted
voice and a passionate community, CNET creates an open environment for
people to find and use the best products to fit their lifestyle. The
powerful combination of CNET's award-winning news, lab-tested product
reviews, safe and spyware-free downloads, and user-generated content give
people information and inspiration to live and thrive in today's digital
world.
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