iO Digital Cable Service
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Interactive Optimum, better known as iO Digital Cable or simply iO, is a digital cable service offered by Cablevision, available in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and parts of Pennsylvania. It includes 45 HDTV channels, interactive channels, such as games, and channels that allow viewers to browse listings of autos and homes for sale in the area, and video on demand. HD channels are free with iO. So long as a customer subscribes to the service package that has the SD channel he/she will receive the HD channel for no additional cost. Additionally, iO comes with 44 channels of Music Choice music channels. iO also offers a DVR and an HD-DVR, for an additional cost. It was the first American company to offer BBC World; however, it is one of the only companies where BBC America is not available.
[edit] On Demand services
[edit] Subscription channels
- HBO on Demand
- Cinemax on Demand
- Anime Network on Demand
- Showtime on Demand
- Disney Channel on Demand
- Playboy TV on Demand
- IFC in Theaters on Demand
- Too Much for TV On Demand
- here! on Demand
- Howard Stern On Demand
- WWE 24/7 On Demand
- Disney Travel on Demand
- The Jewish Channel on Demand
[edit] Free On Demand channels
- Discovery On Demand
- Fuse On Demand
- Yule Log
- HBO Sampler
- Local On Demand
- lifeskool (Mag Rack)
- Travel Channel On Demand
- Food Network on Demand
- HGTV on Demand
- MSG Free On Demand
- MTV Tr3s On Demand
- Nick On Demand
- Showtime Sampler
- sportskool
- Thirteen Kids On Demand
- Thirteen on Demand
- TV Guide SPOT
- WWE On Demand
[edit] Cablevison On Demand Channels
- Free on Demand
- Movies on Demand
- Tv Encores
- Adult
[edit] Other
- Active Rentals
[edit] High definition
Cablevision offers 45 high definition television channels at no additional charge to subscribers. (For a list of HD channels, see channels in the 700 range in iO channel list.)
[edit] Movie channels
- 11 HBO channels
- 11 Showtime channels
- 9 Cinemax channels
- 6 Starz channels
- 8 Encore channels
- 4 The Movie Channel channels
[edit] Sports packages
- MLB Extra Innings - Major League Baseball
- MLS Direct Kick - Major League Soccer
- NHL Center Ice - National Hockey League
- NBA League Pass - National Basketball Association
- ESPN Game Plan - NCAA college football
- ESPN Full Court - NCAA college basketball
- iO Sports Pak - Gol TV, NBA TV, MavTV, TVG, Fox College Sports, The Outdoor Channel, FUEL TV, NHL Network
[edit] Non-English packages and channels
- iO en Español - 30 Spanish language channels (including iO Sports, a channel for telecasts of New York Mets games in Spanish)
- Russian - Includes an On Demand Russian channel.
- Korean
- Indian/Southeast Asian - :Several Indian and Southeast Asian languages channels, including one Hindi language channel.
- The Chinese Channel - Chinese
- TV Japan - Japanese
- SPT - Portuguese
- TV Polonia - Polish
- RAI International - Italian
- TV5MONDE - French
[edit] iO channel list
- For a listing of lower channels see Optimum TV.
100 iO Digital Cable Channel Guide
101 iO Showcase
102 C-SPAN3
103 EuroNews
104 BBC World
105 Bloomberg TV
107 WABC+ Plus
110 WNBC 4.4
116 New York State Legislative TV
120 Discovery Kids
121 Toon Disney
123 Noggin
124 The N
131 Kids Thirteen
132 WLIW World
140 ESPN Classic
141 ESPNEWS
145 The Golf Channel
146 Versus
148 NBA TV
162 National Geographic Channel
171 Discovery Times Channel
172 Discovery Home Channel
173 Military Channel
175 G4TV
179 LOGO
180 Oxygen
181 ShopNBC
185 BET J
186 VH1 Classic
187 CMT
188 MTV Hits
189 VH1 Soul
191 Hallmark Channel
192 Sundance Channel
195 MTV Tr3́s
196 FOX Sports en Español
197 mun2
199 V-Me
200 World Picks Latino On Demand
201 TVE Internacional
202 CNN en Español
203 Docu TVE
204 Momentum TV
205 Infinito
206 telefe internacional
207 History Channel en Español
208 Canal Sur
209 TV Colombia
210 TV Chile
211 Supercanal Caribe
212 Discovery en Español
213 Dominican View
214 La Familia
215 EWTN Español
216 Maria+Vision
217 Cartoon Network
218 Sorpresa
219 Toon Disney
220 ESPN Deportes
221 CASA Club TV
222 Utilísima Satelital
223 FOX Sports en Español
224 GOL TV
225 Latin TV (LTV)
226 MTV Tr3s
227 mun2
228 PUMA TV
229 HTV música
230 Cine Latino
231 iO Sports
232 Azteca America
238 Chinese Channel
242 World Picks Hindi On Demand
243 TV Asia (South Asian Programming)
244 ITV Gold (South Asian Programming)
245 Zee TV (South Asian Programming)
246 SET Asia (South Asian Programming)
250 World Picks Russian On Demand
251 RTV-i (Russian Programming)
252 RTN (Russian Programming)
253 Channel 1 Russia
254 NTV America (Russian Programming)
261 MKTV (Korean Programming)
262 MBC (Korean Programming)
265 TV Japan
267 TV5 Monde (French Programming)
276 SPT (Portuguese Programming)
279 RAI (Italian Programming)
282 TV Polonia (Polish Programming)
300 HBO On Demand
301 HBO Signature
302 HBO Family
303 HBO Comedy
304 HBO Zone
305 HBO Latino
306 HBO West
307 HBO2 West
308 HBO Signature West
309 HBO Family West
320 Showtime On Demand
321 Showtime Showcase
322 Showtime Extreme
323 Showtime Beyond
324 Showtime Next
325 Showtime Family Zone
326 Showtime Women
327 Showtime West
328 Showtime Too West
329 Showtime Showcase W.
339 STARZ On Demand
340 STARZ
341 Starz Cinema
342 Starz Kids & Family
343 Starz Edge
344 Starz InBlack
345 Starz West
349 Encore On Demand
350 Encore
351 Encore Action
352 Encore Mystery
353 Encore Westerns
354 Encore Love
355 Encore Drama
356 Encore Wam
357 Encore West
370 Cinemax On Demand
371 ActionMAX
372 MoreMAX
373 ThrillerMAX
374 WMAX
375 @MAX
376 5 Star MAX
377 Outer MAX
378 Cinemax West
380 TMC Xtra
381 TMC West
382 TMC Xtra West
401 NHL Network
402 TVG
403 FUEL TV
404 FCS Pacific
405 FCS Central
406 FCS Atlantic
408 Versus
409 GOL TV
410 The Golf Channel
411 MavTV
414 iO Sports 2
415-428 MLB Extra Innings/NHL Center Ice
430 NBA TV
431 NBA League Pass Preview Channel
432-440 NBA League Pass/MLS Direct Kick
445-450 ESPN PPV – Gameplan/Full Court
500 On Demand
502 Free On Demand
503 Disney Channel OD
506 here! On Demand
507 Anime Network OD
508 IFC in Theaters OD
512 WWE 24/7 OD
513 Howard Stern OD
515 Adult On Demand
516 Playboy TV On Demand
517 Too Much for TV OD
600 iO Dashboard
604 MSG Interactive
605 Optimum Autos
606 Optimum Homes
610 iO Games
612 News 12 Interactive
620 Move 'n' Match Puzzles
627 fuse Interactive
631 Hollywood.com TV
632 Broadway.com TV
650 Disney Travel On Demand
652 FX Preview Channel
654 Weight Watchers Channel
700 Hi-Def On Demand
701 MOJO HD
709 WWOR HD (MyNetworkTV)
710 HD News
714 Gallery HD
715 YES Network HD
716 MSG Network HD
717 MSG Plus HD
718 SportsNet New York HD
720 World Sport HD
722 Family Room HD
723 Animania HD
724 Treasure HD
725 CNN HD
726 National Geographic Channel HD
728 Equator HD
729 UltraHD
730 HGTV HD
734 Rush HD
735 ESPN2HD
736 ESPNHD
737 TNT HD
739 TBS HD
740 Starz! HD
744 Universal HD
750 HBO HD
760 Showtime HD
766 Food Network HD
770 Cinemax HD
776 Kung Fu HD
777 Monsters HD
778 Film Fest HD
779 World Cinema HD
780 The Movie Channel HD
785 Rave HD
786 GamePlay HD
792 PPV HD
800s Music Choice Channels
801 Showcase
802 Today's Country
803 Classic Country
804 Bluegrass
805 R&B and Hip Hop
806 Classic R&B
807 Smooth R&B
808 R&B Hits
809 Rap
810 Metal
811 Rock
812 Arena Rock
813 Classic Rock
814 Alternative
815 Retro Active
816 Electronica
817 Dance
818 Adult Alternative
819 Soft Rock
820 Hit List
821 Party Favorites
822 '90s
823 '80s
824 '70s
825 Solid Gold Oldies
826 Singers and Standards
827 Big Band & Swing
828 Easy Listening
829 Smooth Jazz
830 Jazz
831 Blues
832 Reggae
833 Soundscapes
834 Classical Masterpieces
835 Opera
836 Light Classical
837 Show Tunes
838 Contemporary Christian
839 Gospel
840 Kids Only 841 Sounds of the Season
842 Musica Urbana
843 Salsa Merengue
844 Rock en Español
845 Pop Latino
900 iO Upgrades
901 Order Optimum Online[1]
1000 iO DVR[edit] Criticisms
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- Many have criticized the advertising of a "digital cable service" where many of the most popular channels are broadcast in an analog format.
- There is low compression on digital (including HD) channels being excessive, causing many to appear pixelized due to low bandwidth.
- There is a high rate of instability of the Scientific Atlanta cable boxes.
- Cablevision has also been criticised in the past for not having as many channels as other cable services, such as Verizon Fios and Time Warner Cable, such as Tennis Channel, NFL Network, and ESPN 360
[edit] References
- ^ Channel List.. Cablevision, Inc.. Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
