Cablevision to Launch Anime on Demand

Cablevision Systems Corp. will launch digital start-up Anime Network as a
subscription-video-on-demand service beginning July 1.

Independently owned Anime will offer more than 20 hours of regularly
refreshed Japanese action-animated films and multiepisode series on an SVOD
basis for a monthly fee of $6.95, Cablevision officials said.

The network will join other a-la-carte SVOD services from Home Box Office,
Showtime Networks Inc., Playboy Entertainment Group Inc., Cinemax and The Walt
Disney Co. on Cablevision's iO: Interactive Optimum digital service.

Anime, though, is the first SVOD service on Cablevision that does not have a
basic-cable or pay TV presence on Cablevision's lineup.

"Anime Network on Demand is a unique and compelling SVOD service that we
expect will be very popular with the growing universe of iO customers,"
Cablevision senior vice president of digital product management Kristin Dolan
said.

R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.