Cablevision was founded in 1973 by Charles Dolan as Sterling Manhattan Cable. He launched HBO on this cable system soon after.
He later sold both HBO and the cable system to Time Life, Inc. He used the money from the sale to start a new cable system in Long Island called Cablevision.
In the 1980’s Cablevision expanded to Boston, Chicago, and Cleveland.
By the 1990’s the company had 2.9 million customers in 19 states.
Today Cablevision provides digital television, phone, and internet services in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and parts of Pennsylvania. Its operations also include newspaper publishing and cable television advertising, and movie theaters.
Cablevision is traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CVC, is a member of the S&P 500, is #292 in the Fortune 500, has 14,046 employees, and had $6.3 billion in revenue in 2013.
Cablevision was founded in 1973 by Charles Dolan as Sterling Manhattan Cable. He launched HBO on this cable system soon after.
He later sold both HBO and the cable system to Time Life, Inc. He used the money from the sale to start a new cable system in Long Island called Cablevision.
History
In the 1980’s Cablevision expanded to Boston, Chicago, and Cleveland.
By the 1990’s the company had 2.9 million customers in 19 states.
Today Cablevision provides digital television, phone, and internet services in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and parts of Pennsylvania. Its operations also include newspaper publishing and cable television advertising, and movie theaters.
Cablevision is traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CVC, is a member of the S&P 500, is #292 in the Fortune 500, has 14,046 employees, and had $6.3 billion in revenue in 2013.