Cablevision Adds High-Definition Titles From Starz/Encore To iO TV(R) Video On Demand Service

Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced the addition of high-definition video on demand (HD VOD) content from Starz Entertainment's Starz On Demand and Encore On Demand to the iO TV VOD lineup. Offering blockbuster movies, original programming and award-winning documentaries covering a variety of entertainment genres, HD VOD content from Starz/Encore is available free to customers receiving Starz On Demand/Encore On Demand across Cablevision's entire New York metropolitan service area.

With more than 1.6 million customers taking HD service, Cablevision's HD penetration has surpassed 50 percent of all iO TV households, demonstrating the rapid adoption of this superior television format. In addition to more than 100 channels of high-definition programming available at no additional cost, iO TV features an expanding library of HD video-on-demand titles including critical favorites and top blockbusters, available through the On Demand menu.

"Cablevision is pleased to expand the range of entertainment options available to our customers in high-definition through the addition of HD VOD content from Starz and Encore," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "As customers continue to embrace the superior HD home entertainment experience, we are enhancing iO TV by placing more quality HD content at their fingertips without the extra equipment costs or programming package fees charged by our competitors."

Programs available from Starz HD On Demand include the complete first season of the Starz original series "Crash" and current episodes of the Starz original series "Head Case" and "Party Down," as well as box-office heavyweights The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Prom Night, and You Don't Mess With The Zohan.

Encore HD On Demand features popular movies and classic films including 2001: A Space Odyssey, National Lampoon's Animal House, Die Hard, Enchanted, The Road Warrior, Superbad and more.

HD VOD programming from Starz/Encore is accessible at no additional charge to digital customers with a set-top box subscribing to Starz/Starz On Demand and Encore/Encore on Demand through the On Demand menu on the iO TV user interface. Cablevision's HD VOD titles are presented in the superior high-definition format with DVD-like functionality including the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind programs through the remote control.

With more than 2.8 million iO TV customers, more than 91 percent of Cablevision's cable customers are iO TV digital cable customers, the highest digital penetration in the nation. iO TV offers customers access to more than 400 channels, including 53 premium movie channels, 46 channels of commercial-free digital music, more than 6,000 titles available on demand at all times, an interactive programming guide, more than 100 high-definition programming services and uniquely valuable and relevant interactive television applications including News 12 Interactive. Viewing high-definition programming generally requires a high-definition cable box or CableCARD and an HD-ready television set. Transactional HD VOD titles are available starting at $4.95.

About Cablevision: Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) is one of the nation's leading media and entertainment 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 TV(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 operates several successful programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv, through Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, and serves the New York area as publisher of Newsday and other niche publications through Newsday Media Group. In addition to these 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, the Beacon Theatre, and the Chicago Theatre, and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas.

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