Cablevision Adds Popular Titles From Food Network and HGTV to Free Video On Demand

[Food Network Fan]

Cablevision Adds Popular Titles From Food Network and HGTV to Free Video On Demand Offering

New Programming Available To iO TV(SM) Customers At No Additional Charge Includes 30 Minute Meals With Rachel Ray, Good Eats With Alton Brown and House Hunters

By PR Newswire


BETHPAGE, N.Y., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced the addition of popular shows from Food Network and HGTV to the array of free video on demand (VOD) programming available to iO TV digital cable customers. With a focus on the culinary world and home decorating and design, new titles include popular shows like 30 Minute Meals with
Rachel Ray, Giada's Weekend Getaways, Good Eats, Unwrapped: Good Food, House Hunters, Selling Secrets and much more.

"Cablevision continues to enhance our free VOD offering by adding quality, branded content from the most popular cable television networks, in addition to the kind of local programming that isn't available from any other provider," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "These new shows from Food Network and HGTV are a terrific addition to our iO TV digital cable service, and we are confident they will be a hit with our customers."
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[bluejeanz]

I have Time Warner cable (used to be Adelphia and Cablevision before that) and noticed some of the FN shows on their ON Demand service last month. At the time there were only a few RR shows. They were all listed under something like "Lifestyles" and I had no idea they were even there. I'd hear a while back they were going to add them and went in search of them but I figured they'd be listed under FN shows and missed them completely.


I'm hoping that they'll add to the few listings they have now and show the last few weeks' eps of each FN show.

[Food Network Fan]

I am still thinking about getting the HDTV box.

[bluejeanz]

I had the old-style DVR and swapped it out for an HD-DVR when I got my HDTV. If I watch something live, I'll watch it on an HD station but, honestly, if I record anything, it's on a regular station. The HD takes up so much more space on the DVR. I can record twice the number of hours of programming on regular stations than on the HD stations.


My old DVR didn't have any less bells & whistles on it than the new HD one, other than receiving the HD stations.


With Time-Warner (and Adelphia), if you subscribe to digital TV and have their DVR, you'll be able to access their On Demand programs.