The new deal immediately returned local news, sports and entertainment programming to about 2 million Optimum viewers.

Charles Dolan, founder of Cablevision and News 12, has passed away at the age of 98. Charles Dolan is considered to be a visionary and pioneer of the cable television world. He created HBO ...

He later expanded the Channel 12 concept to stations serving Brooklyn, the Bronx, Westchester County, Connecticut and New Jersey. In 1994, Cablevision joined with the conglomerate ITT in ...

a 24-hour local television news service launched by Cablevision in 1986. News 12 began on Long Island and eventually spread to New Jersey and other parts of the New York City region. Its TV ...