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DALLAS, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rainbow Media and its parent company Cablevision are threatening to take AMC, IFC and WE tv channels away from AT&T U-verse® TV customers. AT&T* has provided the following statement to update customers on its programming negotiations with Rainbow Media: We are making every effort to reach a fair agreement and continue providing these channels to our customers. It's unfortunate that Rainbow Media, owned by Cablevision, is clearly not...

WASHINGTON, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- With the NBA and NHL pre-season games only three months away, Verizon is taking further action to end Cablevision's illegally denying Verizon and its FiOS Television subscribers access to high-definition feeds of MSG and MSG+ regional sports programming. Under new FCC rules, Verizon on Monday (June 28) filed a supplement to its previous Program Access Complaint with the Federal Communications Commission. The new filing asks the commission to require...

NEW YORK, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Fuse, Madison Square Garden's national music television network and MSG Entertainment today announced that three-time Grammy Award winning band Maroon 5 will perform at the Beacon Theatre on Tuesday, July 27 at 9pm ET to celebrate the release of Hands All Over, the band's first studio album in three years. Kicking off their summer tour, the band will take the stage for "Fuse Presents: Maroon 5 Live From the Beacon Theatre" presented by Coca-Cola, airing...

NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Fuse, Madison Square Garden's national music television network, today announced "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus," a long-form original series scheduled to premiere in September. Hosted by musician (Blink 182 and +44) and producer Mark Hoppus, this one-hour, innovative weekly show will cover everything in the world of music. Every week, Hoppus and his co-host will offer a place for music fans to discover and indulge their passions through interviews...

JERICHO, N.Y., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimum Lightpath®, a market leader in Ethernet-based communication solutions for New York metropolitan area businesses, today announced that it has been selected by Brooklyn Law School to provide improved Internet and voice services to meet the 24/7 bandwidth demands of its student population. The 100 year-old graduate educational institution more than doubled its Internet bandwidth capacity and greatly improved voice service and reliability while...

TORONTO, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- As the countdown continues to the 2010 MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS, MuchMusic announced today that Canada's biggest and baddest street party will be simulcast south of the border on Fuse, Madison Square Garden's national music television network. Now viewers across the U.S. can see all-star performers that include co-host Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Adam Lambert, Ke$ha, Marianas Trench, Down With Webster, Drake and Hedley. The 2010 MUCHMUSIC VIDEO...

NEW YORK, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Customer Business Exchange "CBX" - Optimum Lightpath®, a market leader in Ethernet-based communication solutions for New York metropolitan area businesses, announced today that it has expanded service into Telx's Clifton, New Jersey colocation and interconnection facility to serve key financial hotspots in New York City and Northern New Jersey. Telx®, a leading interconnection and colocation provider in strategic North American markets, serves some of...

NEW YORK, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearview Cinemas today announced that it will show the much anticipated summer film "Sex and the City 2" for 40 continuous hours at its Chelsea Cinemas in Manhattan. To ensure everyone gets a chance to view the blockbuster release, Clearview will offer a total of 55 showtimes starting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 27 through 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 29. Clearview will kick off this special movie marathon with an opening night reception on Wednesday, May...

NEW YORK, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Fuse, Madison Square Garden's national music television network, today announced it will air "GULF AID: Concert for the Coast" on Saturday, May 22nd at 11pm ET/10pm CT. Shot in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, the benefit concert featuring Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Mos Def and more, took place on Sunday May 16th at Mardi Gras World's scenic River City in New Orleans, in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis and its impact on coastal...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said that it would not hear an appeal by Cablevision Systems Corp. to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) must-carry requirement that forces cable systems to carry programming of broadcast television to stations. The court upheld the 1992 law in a 1997 hearing that obligates cable television companies to carry local broadcast stations.  However, Cablevision said circumstances have changed since then and the monopolistic nature of the cable...