RCN Signs Long Term Deal With Rainbow Media Holdings To Carry Regional Sports Networks in Boston, New York and San Francisco; RCN Will Also Carry Fuse & WE (Women's Entertainment), Networks.HERNDON, Va. -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :RCNI), a leading provider of triple play cable, high-speed internet and phone services, today announced a long-term affiliation agreement with Rainbow Media Holdings LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a subsidiary of Cablevision Inc. This deal enables RCN RCN n abbr (= Royal Canadian Navy) → kanadische Marine to carry the Fuse and WE (Women's Entertainment) networks, as well as regional sports telecasts in Boston, New York Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts. The Town of Boston is an interior town of the county and one of the county's "Southtowns. and San Francisco. These include Fox Sports New England in Boston; Fox Sports New York and Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , and Fox Sports Bay Area in San Francisco. "We're pleased with this deal because RCN prides itself on connecting our customers to something more, whether it's music, women's entertainment or local sports network programs," said RCN's Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Timothy Dunne. "This agreement enables us to continue to bring Rainbow's varied and popular programs to our customers." "We are delighted to be partnering again with RCN to deliver Rainbow's popular programming and sports services to the communities they serve," said Judi Lopez, Senior Vice President, Eastern Region, Rainbow National Sales. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. About RCN Corporation RCN Corporation, http://www.rcn.com, is one of the largest facilities-based competitive providers of bundled cable, high-speed internet and phone services delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to residential customers in the most densely populated markets in the U.S. RCN Business Solutions is a growing business that also provides bulk video, high-capacity and voice services to business customers. RCN provides service in the Boston, New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles metropolitan markets. RCN also owns 49% of Megacable, one of the largest cable companies in Mexico. About Rainbow Media Holdings LLC A leader in sports, news and entertainment programming, Rainbow Media Holdings LLC is a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation. Rainbow owns and manages national networks: AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. , Fuse, IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. (The Independent Film Channel) and WE: Women's Entertainment, as well as on-demand services including Mag Rack and sportskool. Rainbow's other businesses include its regional programming services -- MetroChannels, News 12 Networks and Rainbow Sports Networks - in addition to the Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation and Rainbow Network Communications. (RCNI-G) |
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