News 12 Networks Receives Record-Breaking 108 Nominations; Far More Than Any Other Local News Channels in The Tri-State Area

Remarkable First Year For MSG Varsity With 32 Nominations

Newsday.com Nominated for Second Year in a Row

BETHPAGE, N.Y., February 18, 2011 – The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences yesterday honored Cablevision Systems Corporation’s (NYSE:CVC) local media services — News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday.com — with a total of 141 New York Emmy®Award nominations.  News 12 Networks received a record-breaking 108 nominations, once again making it the most Emmy-nominated local news organization in the tri-state area.  Starting a new tradition of excellence, MSG Varsity received an impressive 32 nominations in its first year.  Newsday.com also received a nomination for the second year in a row. The award nominations were announced yesterday at the studios of CUNY-TV in New York City.

“I would like to congratulate News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday for continuing to build on Cablevision’s commitment to creating groundbreaking, hyper-local content that delivers real value to the communities Cablevision serves,” said Tad Smith, President, Local Media, Cablevision Systems Corporation.  “We are grateful to the Academy for this recognition.  It is a tremendous honor and proof that no one is more focused than Cablevision’s Local Media properties on providing the high-quality online and television content our audiences deserve.”

Cablevision’s Local Media Group Nominations:

• Newsday.com: 1 nomination
• MSG Varsity: 32 nominations
• News 12 Connecticut: 35 nominations
• News 12 Long Island: 25 nominations
• News 12 New Jersey: 19 nominations
• News 12 the Bronx: 4 nominations
• News 12 Westchester: 25 nominations

The 2011 Emmy®Awards will be presented on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at The Marriott Marquee Times Square in New York City.  The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, founded in 1955, is the preeminent membership organization serving the television industry. NY NATAS encourages the pursuit of excellence and promotes the highest standards of quality in television by conferring the industry’s classic and mostcoveted peer-recognition symbol of distinction – the Emmy®.

Newsday.com received the following New York Emmy®Award nomination:

• Interactivity – Alzheimers: The Love and The Heartbreak

MSG Varsity received the following New York Emmy®Award nominations:

• Historical/Cultural: Program Feature/Segment – Model Congress: Cuban Missile Crisis Model UN (Show 3, Segment 2)
• Military: Program Feature/Segment – High School Sports Desk: Like a Rock

News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday.com Honored With 141 New York Emmy Award Nominations

• Education: Program Feature/Segment – High School Journal: Laurelton Hall AP Physics
• Education: Program/ Special – High School Journal
• Teen: News – Special Day for Special Olympic Participants
• Teen: Program Feature/Segment – Bronx’s Boxing Golden Girl Model Congress (Show 3, Segment 1)Model UN (Show 3, Segment 1)MSG “V” AwardsA Quick :60: Tri-State Mascot Investigation
• Teen: Program/Special – High School Sports Desk: Greatest Sports Moments of 2009-2010MSG “V” Awards
• Politics/Government: Program Feature/Segment – Model Congress: Child Abuse and Neglect Model UN: Solution for Palestine
• Politics/Government: Program/Special – Model Congress (Show 2, Segments 1 & 2)Societal Concerns: Program Feature/Segment – High School Sports Desk: A Woman Among BoysModel Congress
• Promotion: News Image – High School Sports DeskPromotion: Program Promo (Single Spot) – Cheering LifePromotion: Sports Promo – All Sports Weekend
• Promotion: Program Image – I Made VarsityOn-Camera Talent: Features Reporter – Shawna Ryan, “High School Sports Desk”On-Camera Talent: Performer/Narrator – Colin Cosell, “Model UN”Director: Live or Live To Tape – Sean Mangan, “The Challenge: Championship – Kellenberg vs. Horace Greeley”
• Writer: Program – Josh Oshinsky, “Model Congress”Josh Oshinsky, “Model UN”Photographer: Program – Matthew Peterson, “Model Congress”Matthew Peterson, “Model UN”
• Photographer: Short Form – Matthew Peterson, “2010 FCIAC Cheerleading Championships”Editor: Program – Josh Oshinsky, “Model UN”Editor: Sports – Mark Rowe, Composite

News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday.com Honored With 141 New York Emmy Award Nominations

News 12 Networks received the following New York Emmy®Award nominations:

• Morning Newscast – News 12 Connecticut: Bridgeport Fire
• Daytime Newscast – News 12 Long Island: Dead Whale
• Evening Newscast (under 35 min) – News 12 Long Island: Flood of TroubleNews 12 Westchester: Fallen Firefighter
• General Assignment – News 12 Connecticut: Courting the King News 12 Westchester: Dog Show Breaking News – News 12 Connecticut: Firefighters Killed News 12 New Jersey: Hackensack Garage Collapse Spot News – News 12 Connecticut: PT Barnum Family Tragedy News 12 Westchester: Bengal Tiger Fire News 12 Westchester: Mt. Vernon News 12 Westchester: Yonkers Firefighter Death Continuing Coverage – News 12 New Jersey: Something Stinks Hard News, Single Story – News 12 Westchester: Rental Ripoff Hard News, Series – News 12 Westchester: Surviving the Crisis Investigative Series – News 12 the Bronx: Deadly DoseNews 12 New Jersey: Disabled LawmakersFeatures News Segment – News 12 Connecticut: Chess KingNews 12 Connecticut: Face of LightNews 12 Long Island: Guitar Maker News 12 Long Island: Louie the ClipFeature News Series – News 12 New Jersey: Best Kept Secrets of New JerseyEntertainment News – News 12 Connecticut: La La LasReligion News – News 12 Westchester: Suffering in SilenceReligion Series – News 12 Connecticut: Another DevotionNews 12 Connecticut: CarlosNews 12 Connecticut: Seeking SalvationArt News – News 12 Connecticut: A Reshaped LifeNews 12 Westchester: Plumber’s PortraitEducation News – News 12 Connecticut: A Place to Learn and GrowEducation Program/Feature – News 12 New Jersey: Garden State GreenEducation Program/Special – News 12 Connecticut: 12 on SchoolsNews 12 Connecticut: Beyond the ClassroomNews 12 New Jersey: Happiness is Camping

News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday.com Honored With 141 New York Emmy Award NominationsBusiness Program/Feature – News 12 Connecticut: Kicking DaisiesNews 12 Connecticut: Lobster Dinner CruiseNews 12 Long Island: The DownloadEnvironment News – News 12 Long Island: Go Green with 12Environment Program/Special – News 12 Long Island: Getting Down to EarthCrime News – News 12 New Jersey: Crime News Composite News 12 Westchester: The Blue Wall of SilenceCrime Program/Special – News 12 Connecticut: Rosario Cold CaseNews 12 Long Island: LI Talks: Taking Back Our StreetsNews 12 Long Island: VCARS: Finding the AnswersPolitical/Government News – News 12 Connecticut: Tax LineNews 12 New Jersey: City Council BribeHealth News – News 12 Connecticut: Miracle on IceNews 12 Westchester: Dark Side of LightHealth Program/Feature – News 12 Connecticut: Feel Like FlyingHealth Special – News 12 Connecticut: 12 on Health: Unlocking LanguageHuman Interest – News 12 the Bronx: One Hand WonderMilitary News – News 12 Long Island: Flight to RememberMilitary Feature/Segment – News 12 Long Island: Remembering the FallenNews 12 Westchester: A Soldier’s StoryMilitary Program/Feature – News 12 Connecticut: Wounded WarriorsMilitary Special – News 12 Long Island: Fallen HeroesSocietal Concerns Special – News 12 New Jersey: Newark OutgunnedDocumentary – News 12 Long Island: Helping HaitiPublic Affairs – News 12 Connecticut: Legacy LeaguePromo News – News 12 the Bronx: Facebook PromoNews 12 New Jersey: Newark OutgunnedPromo Image – News 12 Long Island: NeighborsNews Special – News 12 Westchester: Firefighter FuneralJournalistic Enterprise – News 12 Westchester: Tara Rosenblum

News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday.com Honored With 141 New York Emmy Award NominationsSports Coverage News – News 12 Long Island: Hard Core AthleteNews 12 Long Island: The Boys of SummerNews 12 New Jersey: Beep BaseballSports Series – News 12 Connecticut: Unstoppable SeniorsNews 12 New Jersey: The End ZoneNews 12 Westchester: Living the DreamNews 12 Westchester: World Series PhillySports Coverage: Sportscast – News 12 New Jersey: Joey WhalerOn-Camera Weather – News 12 the Bronx: Mike FavettaNews 12 New Jersey: James GregorioOn-Camera Sports Anchor – News 12 Connecticut: Damian AndrewNews 12 New Jersey: Joey WhalerOn-Camera Feature Reporter – News 12 Westchester: Grace NooneNews 12 Westchester: Lisa LaRoccaNews 12 Westchester: Tara RosenblumOn-Camera General Assignment Reporter – News 12 New Jersey: John KlekampNews 12 Westchester: Tara RosenblumOn-Camera Investigative Reporter – News 12 Westchester: Tara RosenblumOn-Camera Specialty Assignment Reporter – News 12 Connecticut: Courtney KaneNews 12 Westchester: Brian ConybeareNews 12 Westchester: Tara RosenblumOn-Camera Sports Reporter – News 12 Long Island: Jamie StuartNews 12 New Jersey: George FalkowskiWriter News – News 12 Connecticut: Courtney KaneNews 12 Long Island: Jill WagnerNews 12 Long Island: Matt JablowNews 12 Long Island: Virginia HuieNews 12 Westchester: Lisa LaRoccaWriter Program – News 12 New Jersey: Roxanne EvansWriter Short Form – News 12 Connecticut: Andrea CyrWriter Sports – News 12 Long Island: Kevin MaherNews 12 Long Island: Virginia HuiePhotographer News – News 12 Connecticut: Dan RenzettiNews 12 Connecticut: Jim ManinnoNews 12 Long Island: Brian EndresNews 12 Long Island: Brian JingeleskiNews 12 New Jersey: Trevor HarmonPhotographer Short Form – News 12 Connecticut: Bob Cook-Carlos

– News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday.com Honored With 141 New York Emmy Award NominationsPhotographer Sports – News 12 Westchester: Greg MarshEditor News – News 12 Connecticut: Christopher WoodNews 12 Connecticut: Dan RenzettiNews 12 Connecticut: Andrea CyrEditor Program – News 12 Long Island: Brian JingeleskiLighting – News 12 Connecticut: Bob Cook

About News 12 Networks
News 12 Networks is the first, largest, and most watched 24-hour local television news network in the country.  News 12 Long Island, the first of its kind, launched in 1986, and today the network of 7 individual local 24-hour news channels remains a cableexclusive service reaching approximately 3.8 million households in the New York tri-state area, serving New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester, Hudson Valley (Rockland and Orange Counties), the Bronx, and Brooklyn in addition to Long Island.  News 12 Networks also includes five traffic and weather channels, providing constantly updated information in those two key subject areas, throughout the same coverage footprint.  In addition to the 12 cable channels, News 12 also features the award winning news12.com, the premiere destination for local  news on the web; and News 12 Interactive, channel 612 on iO TV, providing local news on-demand to Cablevision subscribers.   News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.

About MSG Varsity
MSG Varsity is a multi-platform suite of services comprised of: a 24/7 HD television network, a comprehensive online destination, and a groundbreaking interactive service, all dedicated to high school sports, academics and activities happening throughout the tri-state area.  Content for these services includes MSG Varsity’s professionally produced programming as well as content created by the high schools themselves.  Working in partnership with MSG Varsity, students and faculty are given extraordinary access to curriculum and training in multimedia creation and distribution, empowering them to become active participants in telling their school’s stories. MSG Varsity is a Cablevision exclusive service not available to satellite or phone company TV subscribers and reaches three million households throughout the New York market.  For more information, please visit www.msgvarsity.com.

About Newsday
Newsday is one of the nation’s largest daily newspapers, serving Long Island through its print editions and newsday.com. Newsday has won 19 Pulitzer Prizes and other esteemed journalism awards. Newsday is read by nearly seven out of 10 Long Island adults each week. Newsday Media Group includes Newsday, its popular websites, newsday.com, exploreLI.com; amNewYork, the nation’s most widely circulated free daily serving New York City; and Star Community Publishing, one of the Northeast’s largest groups of weekly shopper publications.  Newsday is a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation.

About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation’s leading telecommunications, media and entertainment companies. In addition to delivering its Optimum-branded cable, Internet, and voice offerings throughout the New York area, the company owns and operates cable systems serving homes in four Western states.  Cablevision’s local media properties include News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday Media Group.

Cablevision’s assets also include Rainbow Media Holdings LLC and its programming and entertainment businesses, AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv and IFC Entertainment, as well as Clearview Cinemas.  Additional information about Cablevision is available on the Web at www.cablevision.com.