More Of What Matters Most On The New News12.Com: More Local News On Demand, More Hyper-Local Weather/Traffic and Enhanced Live Streaming Video

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Our new online presence is very exciting and totally focused on enhancing the user experience

Woodbury, NY (PRWEB) April 17, 2009 -

News12.com, the official website for News 12 Networks, has been completely redesigned with easier navigation, more news content, a superior video display, a highly customizable home page, more comprehensive weather center, and many other features. The new News12.com provides more video of local news stories than ever before, enabling visitors to select the stories they want to view at their convenience with full video-on-demand capability. The new site also has an enhanced "hyper local" weather presence, allowing users to easily find and navigate to relevant weather features including zip code level forecasting. Visitors to News12.com will now find expanded video offerings in key franchises including sports, business, and entertainment. In addition, News12.com now features live streaming video from each local News 12 channel and the News 12 Traffic and Weather channels.

"Our new online presence is very exciting and totally focused on enhancing the user experience," said Patrick Dolan, President of News 12 Networks. "We have created a video-centric site that's easy to use and offers even richer content, including more breaking news and exclusive in-depth local coverage, optimized for the Web. Visitors can now enjoy quick and easy access to up-to-the-minute hyper-local weather including multiple radar displays. And for the first time, a streaming video feature allows users to watch an entire News 12 newscast while at work, in a home office or even wirelessly over WiFi."

News12.com is the destination website for local news in each of the News 12 areas: Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester, Connecticut, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and the Hudson Valley (Rockland and Orange Counties). On-line users will find top local stories, breaking news, and exciting special features, all in a video-on-demand format. The new News12.com is packed with exclusive local coverage that just can't be found on any television competitor's website.

Users will also find favorite features from the original News12.com including "Movie Clock," which now enables a movie listings search faster than ever before, "Traffic Tracker," for a fast, smart commute, and "Breaking News Alerts," which notify on-line users of major news stories as they are happening. All 600 plus live cameras from the News 12 Traffic & Weather network are also conveniently available through the new site. Join the conversation on the latest stories via the "Sound Off" feature, check out blogs by favorite on air talent, and jump into the "Numbers and Links" section for more info and resources. News12.com is only available to cable customers who receive News 12 as part of their programming service.

"One of the greatest enhancements of the new site is the custom features that the user can now set to reflect their personal preferences. We designed the entire site with the viewer in mind while also giving them the chance to design it their way," said David Kirschner, General Manager of News 12 Interactive. "On the homepage, users still have access to video and weather at the top of the screen, but further down, viewers can find customizable modules including 'What's Going On' event listings, zip code specific weather, and local traffic. This way they can always get to their preferred information quickly and easily."

News12.com is part of News 12 Networks, the country's first, largest, and most watched 24-hour local television news network. The Network is made up of 7 individual local news channels serving the areas of New Jersey, Southwestern Connecticut, Westchester County, the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Long Island.

News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation. Cablevision is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations serve 3 million households located in the New York metropolitan area. Cablevision owns a controlling interest and operates Madison Square Garden and its sports teams including the Knicks and Rangers. The company also operates Newsday Media Group, New York's famed Radio City Music Hall and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas in the New York metropolitan area.

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