BET Networks Partners with Cablevision and Time Warner Cable to Present '106 & PARK: LIVE FROM BROOKLYN' Featuring Hip-Hop Legend Jay-Z

BET Networks Partners with Cablevision and Time Warner Cable to Present '106 & PARK: LIVE FROM BROOKLYN' Featuring Hip-Hop Legend Jay-Z

Exclusive Event Footage Available to Cablevision and Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey Customers

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BET Networks is teaming up with distribution partners Cablevision and Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey for a special episode of BET's 106 & PARK, the #1 music countdown program on television. "106 & PARK: LIVE FROM BROOKLYN" will air at 6:00 p.m. ET/PT on Friday, November 9, and will feature hip hop's biggest name and Brooklyn's own Jay-Z performing songs off his new album, American Gangster, as well as a few of his classic hits. This special episode marks the first time 106 & PARK will be broadcast from Brooklyn.

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In partnership with Cablevision and Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey, BET will be offering a local VOD piece for exclusive, behind-the- scenes footage of the event. Later this month, Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey will be offering customers exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage of the event on Local Video On Demand Channel 1111, free to Time Warner Cable customers with digital converters boxes.

"We're thrilled to be partnering with Cablevision and Time Warner Cable for this historic event," said Denise Dahldorf, Executive Vice President, Content Distribution & Marketing, BET Networks. "This episode of 106 & PARK is a unique opportunity for us to bring our hit show to the local community, and it's especially exciting that the show will be presenting Jay-Z live from his hometown of Brooklyn."

"Jay-Z is alone atop hip-hop," said Stephen Hill, Executive Vice President, Entertainment Programming, Music & Talent, BET. "A Jay-Z appearance is an event and having him perform some of his newest songs and classic favorites in Brooklyn, a shadow away from the streets that fueled his work, will make this show a one-of-a-kind celebration from beginning to end."

"Brooklyn is a vibrant community, and an important part of Cablevision's service area. This is an exciting and unique event, and we are pleased to partner with BET to bring 106 & PARK to Brooklyn," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "We know our Brooklyn digital cable customers will appreciate having access to this exclusive VOD content on iO TV, a benefit that demonstrates the value of the On Demand platform, giving customers the control to choose what they want to watch, when they want to watch it."

"By partnering with BET on this special episode of 106 & PARK from Brooklyn, we're able to deliver exclusive footage of this event to our customers through our On Demand platform, which allows customers to watch shows on their schedule," stated Harriet Novet, Vice President, Public Affairs, Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey. "Jay-Z fans can view behind-the-scenes footage exclusively on our system customers at no cost."

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About BET Networks

BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) , is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of businesses extensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks - BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, a service venture into the lucrative world of ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET network programming for global distribution.

About Cablevision

Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications 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: Interactive Optimum(R) digital television, Optimum Online(R) high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable, and its Optimum Lightpath integrated business communications services. Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings LLC operates several successful programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, WE tv and other national and regional networks. In addition to its telecommunications and programming 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, and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas.

About Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey

Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey serves over 1.4 million customers in four NYC boroughs (Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and western Brooklyn), Mt. Vernon, Hudson Valley (Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties and parts of Dutchess, Greene and Delaware Counties) and Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Visit timewarnercable.com/nynj

Our parent company, Time Warner Cable owns and manages cable systems passing approximately 26 million homes in 33 states. The Company has 14.6 million customers for its various products, including video, high-speed data and residential telephone. This includes approximately 13.4 million basic video subscribers and more than 6 million customers who purchase more than one product. Time Warner Cable includes some of the most technologically advanced and best-clustered cable systems in the country, with nearly 85 percent of the Company's customers located in five geographic regions: New York, Texas, Ohio, the Carolinas and southern California. It is the largest cable provider in the nation's two largest cities, Los Angeles and New York. Leveraging its leadership in innovation and quality customer care, Time Warner Cable delivers advanced products and services such as video-on-demand, high-definition television, digital video recorders, high-speed data and Digital Phone.

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