Cablevision Issues Statement on Acquisition of Cablevision by Altice

Following the announcement today of the acquisition of Cablevision Systems Corporation CVC by Altice ATCEY, Cablevision Chief Executive Officer James L. Dolan issued the following statement on behalf of the Dolan family: "Since Charles Dolan founded Cablevision in 1973, the Dolan family has been honored to help shepherd our customers and employees through the most extraordinary communications revolution in modern history. Now, nearly half a century later, the time is right for new ownership of Cablevision and its considerable assets. We believe that Patrick Drahi and Altice will be truly worthy successors, and we look forward to doing all we can to affect this transition for our customers and employees. We See full press release