Cablevision Adds HGTV HD and Food Network HD to Leading High-Definition Lineup, iO(R) TV Now Offers 44 High-Definition Services to Digital Cable Customers at No Additional Charge

Cablevision Adds HGTV HD and Food Network HD to Leading High-Definition Lineup, iO(R) TV Now Offers 44 High-Definition Services to Digital Cable Customers at No Additional Charge

Food, Cooking And The Home Are The Focus On Channels 730 And 766

BETHPAGE, N.Y., and KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC) and Scripps Networks, today announced the addition of HGTV HD and Food Network HD to Cablevision's high-definition programming line-up, giving iO TV customers access to 44 high-definition programming services at no additional cost. HGTV HD and Food Network HD are available across Cablevision's entire service area on iO TV channels 730 and 766.

"These are great marquee additions to an iO TV HD line-up that has already doubled over the last year," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "We know our iO TV customers will enjoy the opportunity to experience these leading lifestyle networks with the superior picture and sound of high-definition."

"Viewers want lifestyle programming. HGTV and Food Network are the new 'must haves' in high definition, and we are very pleased that these signature services are now available to iO TV customers as part of Cablevision's high- definition line-up," said John Baird, executive vice president of affiliate sales and marketing for Scripps Networks.

Programs being produced in high definition for HGTV HD include Buy Me, Over Your Head, World's Most Extreme Homes, Small Space, Big Style, Design ReMix, and Decorating Cents. In the first quarter of 2008, the HGTV Dream Home special will air in high definition for the first time. Food Network HD shows include Paula's Party, Giada's Weekend Getaways and Good Eats.

Unlike its satellite and phone company competitors, Cablevision offers subscribers HD-capable converter boxes at no additional cost over the standard box rental fee, and does not charge any extra fees to receive HD programming. If a customer receives the standard-definition feed of a channel as part of their programming package, and there is an HD feed available through iO TV, they receive that format as well.

Cablevision was also the first multi-channel television provider in the nation to offer high-definition video on demand (VOD), and more than 30 continually refreshed HD VOD titles are available anytime for $4.95 each, the same price as their standard definition movies, which includes full control over the viewing experience with the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind. A high definition cable box and HD-ready television set are required to view high definition programming.

In an effort to facilitate continued adoption of HDTV, Cablevision recently launched a retail partnership with P.C. Richard & Son, the New York metropolitan area's leading consumer appliance and electronics retailer, that will allow customers to conveniently sign up for all three of its Optimum products -- iO TV digital cable, Optimum Online high-speed Internet and Optimum Voice phone service -- at 35 P.C. Richard & Son retail locations in Cablevision's service territory. Cablevision is also providing its leading digital cable service to more than 30 store locations, so customers can experience the best in high-definition programming while they shop for a new HD television set.

With nearly 2.6 million iO TV customers, approximately 83 percent of Cablevision's cable customers are iO TV digital cable customers, the highest digital penetration in the nation, and nearly 900,000 iO TV customers have at least one HD television set and HD-capable set-top box in the home. iO TV offers customers access to 360 channels, including 53 premium movie channels, 48 channels of commercial-free digital music, more than 1,800 titles available on demand at all times, an interactive programming guide, 44 high-definition programming services and groundbreaking interactive television applications including News 12 Interactive.

About Cablevision

Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) 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(R) 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 Scripps Networks

Scripps Networks is comprised of the lifestyle television brands HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, FINE LIVING TV NETWORK and country music network Great American Country (GAC). Scripps is the leading developer of lifestyle- oriented content for television and the Internet, where on-air programming is complemented with an array of broadband video, social media areas and e- commerce components on companion Web sites.

In addition, Scripps Networks is aggressively developing its emerging media platforms for broadband and video on demand. Scripps Networks also acquired popular recipe Web site Recipezaar.com and Incando Corp. in order to deepen its user-generated content capabilities. Scripps Networks' brands collectively are available in more than 175 countries and territories on all seven continents. They also are distributed to more than 1,000 outlets on U.S. military bases and U.S. embassies around the world via the American Forces Radio and Television Service.

Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville and San Francisco, Scripps Networks is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP) , a diverse media concern with interests in newspaper publishing, broadcast television, national television networks and interactive media. Scripps operates daily and community newspapers in 17 markets, 10 broadcast TV stations, Scripps Howard News Service, United Media, Shopzilla.com and USwitch.

Source: Cablevision Systems Corporation

CONTACT: Patrick MacElroy of Cablevision, +1-516-803-1249,
pmacelro@cablevision.com; or Susan Robertson of Scripps, +1-865-560-4316,
srobertson@scrippsnetworks.com

Web site: http://www.cablevision.com/

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