Cablevision To Roll Out RS-DVR In April

Will stop buying new DVR boxes by year-end

Mike Farrell -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/25/2010 1:26:00 PM

Cablevision Systems said it will begin rolling out its controversial Remote Server-Digital Video Recorder in April, and plans to have the service available throughout its 3-million subscriber footprint by year-end.
Speaking on a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter results, chief operating officer Tom Rutledge said that the roll-out of the RS-DVR would begin in three phases: the ability to pause live TV, which is currently in employee homes. In April, a limited function DVR will be available.
"By year-end we intend to cease buying physical DVRs as we begin deploying our network-based DVR solution throughout our footprint," Rutledge said.

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