The Long Island based cable operator said it would pay a quarterly dividend of 10 cents starting in September.

Among the options the company mentioned to improve shareholder value are regular dividends, a stock buyback plan and possible spinoffs of business units.

A new court ruling in New York said that the so-called network DVR, which records programs on a faraway computer rather than on the device itself, does not violate copyright law.

Cablevision Systems posted stronger-than-expected earnings for the second quarter, handily beating back competition for customers, especially telephone company competition.

Cablevision is launching a $15 million rebranding campaign for it’s lesser-known cable music channel, Fuse.

As Cablevision gets ready to take over Newsday, the paper’s readers and journalists are debating whether it means continued shrinkage, an infusion of new resources or something in between.

The resiliency of cable in the Internet age is remarkable considering that prices have risen 77 percent since 1996.

The resiliency of cable in the Internet age is all the more remarkable that prices have risen 77 percent since 1996, roughly double the rate of inflation.

The resiliency of cable in the Internet age is all the more remarkable that prices have risen 77 percent since 1996, roughly double the rate of inflation.

After being acquired by Cablevision, Newsday staffers must wonder how a company and a chief executive who have shown hostility to journalism will treat journalists on its payroll.