Cablevision Systems Corporation profile and media properties

James L. Dolan is the CEO of Cablevision Systems Corporation.

Cablevision Systems Corporation is a public company (NYSE: CVC) involved in cable television, TV programming, newspaper publishing and live sports. Cablevision provides cable TV service to about 3.1 million customers in and around New York City. Digital cable, movies-on-demand, VoIP telephony and regional sports channels are among the services provided. Cablevision also controls Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the New York Knicks and New York Rangers sports teams.

Through Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, Cablevision owns interests in companies that produce and distribute national entertainment and regional news and sports services.

On March 13, 2008, Cablevision acquired the Long Island newspaper Newsday and free New York City newspaper am New York from the Tribune Publishing division of Tribune Company for $650 million.

In June 2008, the Rainbow Media subsidiary of Cablevision purchased the Sundance Channel for $496 million from Showtime Networks (part of CBS Corporation), Universal Studios (part of NBC Universal) and Robert Redford.

On July 30, 2009, Cablevision announced that it will spin off the Madison Square Garden (MSG) business to Cablevision stockholders. The transaction will be structured as a tax-free pro rata spin-off to Cablevision's existing shareholders and is expected to be completed by year-end 2009.

Chairman Charles Dolan and his family control Cablevision through their ownership of Class B shares. Sales were reported at $4.9 billion in 2004.

Contact Information

Web Site:	www.cablevision.com
Telephone:	516.803.2300
Fax:	516.803.3134
Address:	1111 Stewart Avenue Bethpage NY 11714 USA

National Media Properties

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American Movie Classics (AMC)

Independent Film Channel

Sundance Channel

WE TV (Women's Entertainment)

Local Media Properties

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In New York:	am New York
	MSG Network
	Newsday

Other Cablevision Systems Corporation Properties

Clearview Cinemas
CSC Holdings, Inc.
FUSE Networks LLC
Hartford Wolf Pack
IFC Entertainment
Madison Square Garden, L.P.
New England Seawolves
New York Liberty
New York Knickerbockers
New York Rangers
Radio City Entertainment
Rainbow Media Holdings LLC

Comments about Cablevision Systems Corporation

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Mike Graziano NY, NY	Posted at 2:47pm on Friday, February 17, 2012
Can you please make a change to the volume of your Optimum Online television commercials. They are so loud, you can't even have a normal conversation. It is extremely annoying have to adjust the TV volume every time your commercial airs. I thought a law was passed to require a standard volume for all TV commercials? I would appreciate it if you would address this issue.


brian w beane waycross ga	Posted at 5:29pm on Sunday, December 12, 2010
amc has way to many commercials when u cut back to movies parts missed this sucks yur suppose to be a movie channel just pitiful usa and other networks play less commercials than u do yur not what u started out to be very hard to watch anymore


Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA	Posted at 1:08pm on Monday, October 25, 2010
Fox-Cablevision Dispute May Obstruct Customers’ View of World Series -- The New York Times reported on October 24, 2010: "The feud between Cablevision Systems Corporation and the News Corporation has already resulted in an extraordinarily long blackout of programming. Now it threatens to shut Cablevision customers out of the World Series. The News Corporation’s Fox and local stations in the New York metropolitan area have been blacked out for more than a week in the three million homes served by Cablevision. The negotiators have dug in their heels; the two sides have not spoken to each other since Thursday afternoon. More than just the tens of millions of dollars in payments that Cablevision makes to the News Corporation are at stake. The dispute is also about the government’s role in the battles over Americans’ access to television channels — battles that seem to be happening more often as stations envision higher fees as a substitute for declining advertising revenue. A long blackout increases the pressure on local and federal lawmakers alike." The full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/business/media/25cable.html


Media Owners editors Boulder, Colorado USA	Posted at 4:42pm on Friday, July 31, 2009
Cablevision Systems Corporation announced on July 30, 2009 that its board of directors has authorized the company's management to move forward with the spin-off of the Madison Square Garden (MSG) business to Cablevision stockholders. The transaction would be structured as a tax-free pro rata spin-off to Cablevision's existing shareholders and is expected to be completed by year-end 2009, subject to necessary approvals. Once the spin-off is complete, Cablevision shareholders would own shares in both Cablevision and the new MSG, which would allow shareholders to more clearly evaluate each of the separate company's assets and future potential. It is anticipated that the spin-off would be in the form of a pro rata distribution to all shareholders of Cablevision, with holders of Class A common stock receiving Class A shares in Madison Square Garden and holders of Class B common stock receiving Class B shares in Madison Square Garden. Both Cablevision and the new MSG would be controlled by the Dolan family through their ownership of Class B shares. Cablevision also reiterated that it is not considering the sale of MSG, any of MSG's businesses or any other Cablevision business at this time. Following the spin-off, James Dolan would become Executive Chairman of the new, public Madison Square Garden and would continue in his present role as President and CEO of Cablevision. Hank Ratner would be President and CEO of Madison Square Garden, and would remain Cablevision's Vice Chairman. Charles Dolan would continue in his role as Cablevision's Chairman.


Bill Hagatna, Guam	Posted at 5:45pm on Monday, May 25, 2009
I am very disappointed seeing John McCain hosting the Memorial Day war classics. In my opinion, he was and still is a traitor to his country.


Sam Mowaswes Bridgewater, New Jersey	Posted at 7:45am on Tuesday, March 3, 2009
I am amazed that after repearted requests I am unable to pursuade customer services Dept with CableVision to discount my monthly bill $20. The person indicated they will be fired and would rather loose me as a customer to Fios. I am sure Mr. Dolan have a different views related to retention of existing customers.


Edward Vogel Baltimore, Maryland	Posted at 2:41pm on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I find that the constant appearance of clips for upcoming shows that appear at the bottom of the TV screen while watching movies on AMC is major annoyance. So much so that I am seriously considering dropping AMC from my watched network. It is especially annoying when these popups appear when there is dialog written across the bottom of the screen when a language is being translated into english and can not be read because of it. I'm certain that I am not alone in this belief. If one is a regular viewer of AMC, he or she will know what programs are scheduled and certainlydoesn't need to be reminded with these constant annoyances.

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