Cablevision Sys News

The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the path for Cablevision Systems to launch its long-awaited network digital video recorder, refusing last week to hear further appeals from programmers.

HSN expects to launch a native-HD version of the network in early August, trailing shopping-channel rival QVC by about three months.

Cablevision Systems Corp. today announced that Optimum Business has unveiled an online portal for the Optimum Business Partner Program to simplify the sales process and customer management process for sales generated outside its direct sales team.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case about digital video recorder technology, potentially paving the way for wider DVR adoption.

The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a copyright case testing whether cable operators may permit customers to store television programming on company servers to be viewed at a later time.

Julia Boorstin covered an interesting topic over at CNBC.com the other day. The Supreme Court, by electing not to review a case involving Cablevision , essentially said that cable companies such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable can pursue digital video recorder storage on cable-system servers.

The past 24 hours have brought news that a lot of tech enthusiasts have been waiting to see--no, not Apple's report that chief executive Steve Jobs is back on the job after a successful liver transplant.

Rainbow Media, the programming arm of Cablevision, is set to launch a new wedding-themed cable channel, according to several executives familiar with plans.

TiVo shares on Monday, June 29, 2009, lost 4.08% and fell $0.45 to close at $10.58. The slide in the price followed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to permit Cablevision and other cable operators to offer network DVR service.

The US Supreme Court refused to question a television-recording service planned by Cablevision Systems, turning away a challenge by media companies led by Time Warner's CNN.

A major victory for Cablevision Systems Corp. against the Hollywood studios and television networks took place when the Supreme Court declined to hear a case over its network DVR technology.

Cablevision Systems Corp. today released the following statement from Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge in response to the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States not to hear an appeal in the remote storage-DVR litigation.

Hollywood studios and television networks have lost a Supreme Court bid to block the use of a new digital video recorder system that could make it cheaper and easier for viewers to record shows and watch them when they want, without commercials.

Mike Reynolds -- Multichannel News, 6/28/2009 5:15:07 AM MT EWTN has added carriage in New York and Charlotte via rollouts with Cablevision Systems Corp.

A joint venture formed by the nation's six largest cable operators is suspending trials of its first advertising product before it even gets off the ground.

Comcast's nationwide Internet-TV test set to begin next month is expected to include not only shows from TNT and TBS, but also full-length episodes from Scripps Networks, Cablevision Systems' Rainbow Media, A&E Television Networks and Comcast Networks, according to industry executives.Other programmers -- including Viacom's MTV Networks, Disney/ABC ...

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a must-carry challenge and gave a shout-out to the rule as meant to help TV stations do more than just survive.

The Yankees are hoping for some Web gems. New York will become the first Major League Baseball team to offer its television broadcasts on the Internet in its home market under a deal involving the YES Network, MLB Advanced Media and Cablevision Systems Corp.

Univision Communications is expected to announce this week that it signed a multi-year affiliation pact with Mediacom Communications, making the deal one of the latest in a string of carriage deals struck over the past six months.

Cablevision Systems Corp. is in the process of installing an interactive platform from ActiveVideo Networks Inc.