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Cablevision Systems and the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research will launch an interactive VOD channel as part of their curePC campaign . The Lustgarten channel will offer information about pancreatic cancer and the fight against the disease to iO TV digital cable customers in the New...
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Cablevision Systems, the New York-area cable company, said today that it turned a third-quarter profit as it increased revenue per subscriber by boosting the number of digital video, high-speed Internet and telephone subscribers. Shares fell today as the company lost subscribers and earnings lagged analyst...
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Cablevision announced it will increase its cable TV rates by 3.5% in 2009, below the current rate of inflation. The telecommunications company also will leave pricing for its Optimum Online high-speed Internet and Optimum Voice digital phone service unchanged for the sixth year in a row. Over the last...
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Cablevision Systems Corp. will be adding five new HD channels to its iO TV digital cable roster, including MTV HD, VH1 HD, CMT HD, Fuse HD and NHL Network HD. The latest additions, scheduled to be rolled out between today and Thursday, bring the cable service’s high-def offerings to 65 channels. “As...
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Cablevision and the Lustgarten Foundation are partnering for “curePC,” a public awareness campaign to cure pancreatic cancer. Cablevision will underwrite all of Lustgarten’s expenses, ensuring that 100% of the money donated will go toward researching a cure. The company also will use all of its media...
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Cablevision Systems, which has been talking about doing something nice for its investors, on Friday declared a dividend of 10 cents per share of its Class A and Class B stock. “Our strong performance and cash flow enable us to return value to shareholders through dividends," said Cablevision President...
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Hedge Fund manager Harbinger Capital said it acquired 11.45 million shares of Cablevision Systems during the second quarter, making it the fifth-largest outside shareholder in the cable operator. Analyst Richard Greenfield said he believes that the Harbinger investment may be one reason why the Dolan...
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Cablevision President-CEO James Dolan plans to meet individually with the cable operator’s 20 largest shareholders next week, according to analyst Rich Greenfield of Pali Capital. Earlier this week, Cablevision announced its board had authorized management to explore a spinoff and other corporate activities...
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Cablevision Systems said its board has authorized management to explore spinning off some of is businesses as a way to raise the value of its shares. The company did not specify which units might go on the block, but it has been speculated that the cable operator could sell its programming arm, Rainbow...
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Cablevision Systems has completed its acquisition of 97% of Newsday Media Group, giving the company a print and online group to go with its cable operations and networks, the company said Tuesday. Cablevision said Newsday publisher Tim Knight will continue to oversee the paper and its other properties...
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Cablevision will add new content from MTV Networks to the on-demand offerings available to its digital customers. The new titles, culled from MTV, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic and CMT, includes both music videos and original programming such as "From G's to Gents," "Brooke Knows Best"...