Archive for the 'Cablevision' Category

Verizon’s FiOS TV Delivers 100 High-Definition Channels To New Jersey Subscribers

Verizon Communications, headquartered in New York has announced on Tuesday Aug. 12 that it’s now offering 100 high-definition television channels to subscribers in North Jersey. Verizon is now offering consumers more HD than Comcast or Cablevision in this area. These new 100 channel line-up in offered in northern New Jersey and subscribers in southern New [...]

Time Warner Cable To Launch 12 HD channels in Southern California

Time Warner Cable is also planning to deliver more high-definition channels to its customers. According to www.engadgethd.com, Cable operator is all set to deliver twelve HD channels in Southern California. Cox Communications, Verizon FiOS and Cablevision Systems Corp are all delivering new national and local HD channels and The leading satellite TV provider DirecTV is [...]

Cablevision Systems Adds Golf Channel and Versus To Free Video On Demand Service

Cablevision Systems has added VERSUS On Demand and GOLF CHANNEL On Demand to its video on demand (VOD) programming available to iO TV digital cable customers on Tuesday. Subscribers of Cablevision with VERSUS On Demand will have access to wide range of programming such as
The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs highlights
Tour de France Highlights
The network’s best [...]

Discovery Home becomes Planet Green

Planet Green, the first and only 24-hour eco-lifestyle television network with a robust online presence and community of Discovery Communications launched on June 4 replacing Discovery Home. Entertainment reporter Maria Menounos, rocker Tommy Lee, rapper Ludacris, TV host Tom Bergeron and “Entourage” star Adrian Grenier are part of the Planet Green’s media team. David Zaslav, [...]

Fuse To Launch HD VOD Channel in July On Comcast

Fuse, music video-oriented television channel is planning to launch a high definition video-on-demand channel in July. Cablevision owned Fuse programming will launch the high-definition channel with original series, interviews and music videos and will reach 7 million digital cable customers on launch as Comcast is the first provider signing up for the service. Apart from [...]

Cablevision to carry Hallmark Movie Channel in high-definition

Cablevision reached an agreement with Crown Media Holdings to broadcast the Hallmark Movie Channel in high-definition. This agreement will allow the cable operator to air the standard-definition of the Hallmark Movie Channel. “We are very happy to announce this renewal of our affiliation agreement with Cablevision which, because of its service area in and around [...]

MLB Extra Innings: Free Preview on DirecTV

DirecTV offers Free preview of its ‘MLB Extra Innings’ package starting from March 31 to April 6 on channels 720—749. Many of the Extra Innings preview are to be in high-definition. If the subscribers signs for the MLB Extra Innings package before April 6, the satcaster is charging $179 for its exclusive coverage of Extra [...]

Time Warner to bring MLB Extra Innings 2008 In HD

Apart from DirecTV, only few operators present the MLB Extra Innings this season. According to TVPredictions.com, Dish Network won’t broadcast MLB Extra Innings either in standard or high-definition. Cox Communications in Rhode Island and San Diego will provide high-definition version of the games. Cablevision will carry the games but have not disclosed the amount of [...]

DirecTV exclusively cover MLB Extra Innings 2008

Apart from DirecTV, no other service provider would give in-depth coverage of Major League Baseball Extra Innings, the satcater will provide up to 40 high-definition games a week. Last year DirecTV signed seven year contract with MLB at an exclusive deal of $700 million. DirecTV’s competitor Dish Network, did not offer the package of out-of-market’ [...]