Cablevision

Cablevision Systems Corporation is an American cable television company with systems serving areas surrounding New York City. It is the fifth-largest cable provider and ninth-largest television provider in the United States, with most customers residing in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and parts of Pennsylvania. From 2011 to 2013, the corporation also served approximately 300,000 customers in Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming under the Optimum West brand until it was sold to Charter Communications in 2013. Cablevision also offers high-speed Internet connections (Optimum Online), digital cable (Optimum TV), and VoIP (Optimum Voice) phone service (the eighth-largest telephone provider in the U.S.) through its Optimum brand name. As of February 2015, Cablevision also offers a WiFi-only mobile phone service dubbed Freewheel.

On September 17, 2015, Netherlands-based Altice announced its intention to acquire Cablevision from the Dolan family for $17.7 billion. The deal is expected to close in 2016, pending approval from the FCC and United States federal regulators. Under the terms of the deal, Altice has offered $34.90 in cash for each share in Cablevision and a 22% premium to the company's stock price; Altice will also assume Cablevision's debt.

Cablevision (disambiguation)

Cablevision is a U.S. cable television operator with systems in the states of Connecticut,New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.

Cablevision may also refer to:

Izzi Telecom

This article is about the Mexican cable television system operator that used to be known as Cablevisión. For other related terms, check Cablevision (disambiguation)

Izzi Telecom, S.A.B. de C.V. is a telecommunications operator owned by Grupo Televisa based in Mexico City. It was the first pay TV operator to offer Triple play (telecommunications) in Mexico City. It currently offers: Cable TV, Broadband Internet, Telephone, HDTV and TiVo (One official distributor in Mexico). Before November 3, 2014 it was known as "Cablevisión".

Company History

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