Company Name | Cablevision Systems Corporation |
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Website | www.cablevision.com |
Snippet | Cablevision Systems Corporation was an American cable television company with systems serving areas surrounding New York City. It was the fifth-largest cable provider[2] and ninth-largest television provider in the United States.[3] Throughout its existence and in its final years, Cablevision served customers residing in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and a small part of Pennsylvania. However, at one time it provided service in as many as 19 states. Cablevision also offered high-speed Internet connections (Optimum Online), digital cable (Optimum TV/IO Digital Cable), and VoIP (Optimum Voice) phone service (the eighth-largest telephone provider in the U.S.)[4] through its Optimum brand name. Cablevision also offered a WiFi-only mobile phone service dubbed Freewheel. |
Fate | Acquired by Altice |
Type | Public |
Defunct | June 21, 2016; 5 years ago (2016-06-21) |
Founded | 1973 |
Founder | Charles F. Dolan |
Revenue | $ 6.461 billion (2014)[1] |
Website | www.cablevision.com |
Industry | TelecommunicationsMass media |
Products | Cable(Internet)(VoIP Phone)(Business) |
Services | Optimum TV (Television)Optimum Online (Internet)Optimum Voice (VoIP Phone)Optimum Lightpath (Business)News 12NewsdayamNewYorkMSG Varsity |
Divisions | Telecommunications Services |
Successor | Altice USA |
Traded as | NYSE: CVC |
Key people | Charles F. Dolan(Chairman)James Dolan(CEO)Brian Sweeney(President) |
Net income | $311.44 million (2014)[1] |
Area served | New York metropolitan area |
Headquarters | Bethpage, New York, U.S. |
Total assets | $6.765 billion (2014)[1] |
Total equity | −$5.041 billion (2014)[1] |
Operating income | $921.25 million (2014)[1] |
Number of employees | 13,656 (Sept 2015)[1] |
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