iO TV Goes International To Deliver New VOD Category Featuring Hit Foreign Films From Europe, South Asia, Spain And Latin America

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Cablevision is pleased to now offer International Movies On Demand as part of our VOD offering, a valuable addition to the multitude of services available to our international customers

Bethpage, N.Y (PRWEB) June 1, 2009

Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced the addition of a new Video On Demand category - International Movies on Demand, offering iO TV customers a unique selection of World Cinema films from around the globe. The new category, which is available to customers across Cablevision's service area, features Spanish, European, and Bollywood films for $4.95 each with English-language subtitles.

International Movies On Demand delivers high quality new releases, festival winners, and classic hit films. The categories are refreshed each month to ensure a consistent flow of new titles. The Spanish category offers an award-winning line-up of films originally produced in Spanish and recognized by the most prestigious film festivals around the world. The European category features award-winning European and international box office hits that have rarely - or never - reached U.S. theatres, rental stores or television. The Bollywood category includes movies from leading South Asian film studios.

"Cablevision is pleased to now offer International Movies On Demand as part of our VOD offering, a valuable addition to the multitude of services available to our international customers," said Gary Schanman, Cablevision's senior vice president of video product management. "The addition of hit foreign films from Europe, Spain and Latin America, and South Asia demonstrates Cablevision's continued commitment to provide our customers with unique content that meets their programming needs."

In addition to International Movies on Demand, Cablevision offers customers 12 distinct international in-language packages, under the umbrella of iO International. The service features a dynamic mix of television channels from around the world, presented in Spanish, Russian, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Hindi and other languages, including:

• iO en español features more than 35 Spanish-language networks from Latin America, South America, the Caribbean, Spain, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
• iO South Asian offers a number of distinctive programming options including Sony Entertainment Television Asia, TV Asia, ITV Gold and Zee TV providing entertainment and information for the South Asian community.
• iO Russian features leading 24-hour Russian channels including Channel 1 Russia (ORT), NTV America, RTN and RTVi.
• iO Filipino features the Filipino Channel and GMA Pinoy TV, and includes live news broadcasts, top-rated programming, dramas, comedies, children's shows, talk shows, hit movies and more.
• iO Korean consists of Korean channels MK TV and MBC, and The Korean Channel (TKC), providing 24 hour Korean programming including news, family entertainment, talk shows and more.
• iO Chinese offers three exciting Chinese channels featuring 24 hours of locally produced news, entertainment, children's programming and more - Chinese Channel (Sino TV), ET Global NY, and CCTV-4.
• iO Japanese features family entertainment, lifestyle, travel, comedy, science programs and news coverage from NHK, Japan's leading broadcaster.
• iO Italian featuring Raitalia, promotes the rich culture of Italy through festivals, concerts, movies, news, soccer and more.
• iO Polish featuring TV Polonia, offers 24 hour programming directly from Warsaw featuring movies, news, sports, documentaries, soap operas, children's programming.
• iO French featuring TV5 Monde, broadcasting 24 hours a day with a wide array of news, movies, documentaries, entertainment and cultural programs.
• iO Portuguese featuring SPT, offers 24-hour network programming for the Portuguese community including news, sports, films, concerts and more.
• iO Brazilian features TV Globo Internacional, which offers news, comedy, talk shows, children's programming, sports and drama targeted to Brazilians and Portuguese speaking people around the world.

International Movies On Demand programming is accessible to digital customers with an interactive digital set-top box through channel 500 or the Enhanced TV menu on the iO TV user interface. All of Cablevision's On Demand programming is presented in crystal-clear quality with DVD-like functionality including the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind programs through the remote control.

With more than 2.8 million iO TV customers, more than 91 percent of Cablevision's cable customers are iO TV digital cable customers, the highest digital penetration in the nation. iO TV offers customers access to more than 400 channels, including 53 premium movie channels, 46 channels of commercial-free digital music, more than 6,000 titles available on demand at all times, an interactive programming guide, more than 100 high-definition programming services and uniquely valuable and relevant interactive television applications including News 12 Interactive.

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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