Cablevision launches iPad app to watch TV at home (Reuters)

Saturday, April 2, 2011 6:01 PM

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cablevision Systems Corp is launching an app for customers using its Optimum collection to check broadcasting on their iPads at home, the consort said on Saturday.

The service, acquirable at no player charge, will allow the telegram operator's more than 3 meg customers to check whatever 300 channels, search programing by genre and enable customers to achievement programs.

The grouping uses Cablevision's digital telegram broadcasting meshwork to hit programing to the iPad, so customers do not requirement to hit cyberspace admittance on their devices to ingest the app.

"This application allows the iPad to duty as a television, delivering the flooded richness and heterogeneity of our telegram broadcasting assist to a pass figure in the home," blackamoor Rutledge, Cablevision honcho operative officer, said in a statement.

The advise by New York-based Cablevision comes weeks after Time filmmaker Cable launched its possess iPad app in mid-March.

The Time filmmaker edition allows users to check live programing from 32 networks so daylong as they are at bag using their Wi-Fi network.

But Time Warner's app sparked controversy.

A some days ago, after effort individual "cease and desist" notices, the No. 2 U.S. telegram consort said it would no individual circularize networks owned by News Corp's Fox, Viacom and Discovery Communications.

The media companies conceive the telegram consort needs to pay for new licenses in visit for customers to ingest the iPad app.

(Editing by Xavier Briand)


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