Time Warner Cable's NY1 Preps 24-Hour Traffic Channel

MSO expands local info on TV as Verizon FiOS spreads in New York

By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/4/2010 4:49:00 PM

Time Warner Cable's Big Apple subscribers will soon be able to get "rail and road" updates on TV around the clock.

The cable operator's NY1 local news network plans to launch a dedicated channel providing traffic and commuter information for the New York metropolitan area as soon as Aug. 18.

With the launch of NY1 Traffic, TWC is looking to add another service unavailable from competitors -- particularly Verizon, which continues to expand FiOS throughout the New York area.

NY1 Traffic is tentatively set to debut on channel 104 in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, and on channel 91 for New Jersey and Hudson Valley subscribers.

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