The Challenge - Cablevision's Award-Winning High School Quiz Show - Starts 12th Season This Week
Students From More Than 180 Area High Schools In Long Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester/Hudson Valley, The Bronx and Brooklyn Will Compete For Tri-State Championship
Bethpage, NY (PRWEB) November 5, 2008 -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) announced today that The Challenge, its award-winning high school quiz show, will start its 12th Season this Saturday, November 8, with more high schools and students competing than ever before. Nearly 1,000 students from more than 180 participating high schools in Long Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester/Hudson Valley, the Bronx and Brooklyn will face off this year, with the goal of becoming the Tri-State Challenge Champion and winning $10,000 for their school and $500 for each team member competing in the final round. The winning team in each region is guaranteed $2,500.
Teams are made up of the best and brightest local high school students, who compete for the championship based on their knowledge of history, math, science, and arts and literature. Viewers can play along and watch The Challenge on News 12 every Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm beginning on November 8, 2008, and anytime thereafter through the convenience of video on demand (VOD) through News 12 Interactive, located on iO TV channel 612 or by going to www.powertolearn.com and clicking on The Challenge.
"The success and growth of the The Challenge across Cablevision's service area underscores the popularity of this unique competition, where academic all-stars take center stage," said Cablevision's Vice President of Education, Trent Anderson. "Through Power to Learn, Cablevision is committed to the development and education of students in the tri-state area, and The Challenge gives us the opportunity to focus on learning and knowledge in a fun and engaging way. We're all looking forward to a very exciting season and pleased to give so many students the opportunity to appear on television in front of friends, family members, neighbors and the entire community on News 12 each week."
The Challenge, which began 12 years ago on Long Island, is an important element of Cablevision's education initiative, Power to Learn, and has received a Beacon Award -- the cable industry's highest award for public-affairs excellence -- as well as a New England Cable & Telecommunications (NECTA) Award for Public Service and Excellence in Cable Television.
More information on The Challenge, including standings, statistics and short contestant bios, is available at http://www.powertolearn.com/challenge2008/index.html. Presented by Cablevision's Power to Learn and Cablevision's News 12, The Challenge is hosted by popular News 12 anchors Scott Feldman (Long Island), Tom Appleby (Connecticut), Bryan Jenkins (New Jersey), Brian Conybeare (Westchester/Hudson Valley), and Heather McBride (Bronx/Brooklyn).
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® digital television, Optimum Online® high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice® 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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