Cablevision First to Extend Full Cable Television Service to In-Home iPhone and iPod touch Devices

Cablevision Systems Corp. CVC today announced the launch of a new Optimum App for iPhone and iPod touch that delivers the full cable television experience on these devices in the home, extending the innovative functionality that debuted in April with the Optimum App for iPad. Cablevision customers can now enjoy more than 300 channels of live TV and thousands of titles of video on demand on all three devices, in addition to DVR management, interactive guide information and search. And, for the first time, customers can use the app on all three devices as a virtual remote control for conventional TVs in the home, maximizing its value as a discovery and navigation tool. Cablevision was the first company to offer its full cable television service on an iPad in the home and now becomes the first to extend this functionality to the iPhone and iPod touch.