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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 130 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 46 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 News; however, it is one of the only companies where BBC America is not available.
On Demand services
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 Classics On Demand
- The Jewish Channel on Demand
Free On Demand channels
- AMC On Demand
- Animal Planet
- BET
- Cartoon Network On Demand
- CMT
- Comedy Central
- Customer Help Videos
- Discovery Channel
- Discovery Kids
- Disney Travel on Demand
- Food Network
- Fuse On Demand
- Golf Channel
- HBO Sampler
- HGTV on Demand
- ID Discovery
- Mag Rack
- Local On Demand
- Logo
- MSG Free On Demand
- MTV
- MTV2
- MTV Tr3s
- Music Choice
- Nick On Demand
- Nick Jr.
- Planet Green
- Science Channel
- Showtime Sampler
- sportskool
- Teen Nick
- Thirteen Kids On Demand
- Thirteen on Demand
- TLC
- Travel Channel
- Versus
- VH1
- VH1 Classic
- WE On Demand
Cablevison On Demand Channels
- Movies on Demand
- Free on Demand
- HBO on Demand
- Starz on Demand
- Encore on Demand
- Showtime on Demand
- Disney Channel on Demand
- Cinemax on Demand
- Anime Network
- Howard Stern on Demand
- here! on Demand
- IFC in Theaters
- The Jewish Channel
- Bollywood Hits
- WWE Classics on Demand
- Adult (includes on demand options from: Cheri International, Club Jenna, Club Taboo, Heat, Hustler, Juicy, Penthouse, Playboy, Playgirl TV, Real, RealXXTreme, Too Much for TV, Wicked's Hottest, Xcess, and Xtsy)
Other
- Active Rentals
High definition
Cablevision expanded its HD offerings beginning July 28, 2008. The rollout was complete on August 1, 2008, Cablevision now has over 100 high definition television channels at no additional charge to subscribers. (For a list of HD channels, see channels in the 700-850 range in iO channel list.)
Movie channels
- 11 HBO Channels
- 11 Showtime channels
- 9 Cinemax channels
- 6 Starz channels
- 8 Encore channels
- 4 The Movie Channel channels
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, Big Ten Network
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, Bollywood on Demand.
- The Chinese Channel - Chinese
- TV Japan - Japanese
- SPT TV - Portuguese
- TV Polonia - Polish
- Raitalia - Italian
- TV5MONDE - French
iO channel list
means this channel is also available in HD.
Channels 0-99
| Channel | Name |
|---|---|
| 2 | WCBS New York (CBS) |
| 3 | WPXN New York (ION) KYW Philadelphia (CBS) (Mercer County, NJ) WFSB Hartford (CBS) (Connecticut) |
| 4 | WNBC New York (NBC) WVIT New Britain (NBC) (Litchfield County, CT) |
| 5 | WNYW New York (Fox) WTXF Philadelphia (Fox) (Mercer County, NJ) |
| 6 | WXTV Paterson (Univision) WPVI Philadelphia (ABC) (Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ) WRNN Kingston, NY (IND) (Southern Westchester County, NY) WVIT New Britain (NBC) (Fairfield and New Haven Counties, CT) WTIC Hartford (Fox) (Litchfield County, CT) |
| 7 | WABC New York (ABC) |
| 8 | Home Shopping Network NJN (PBS) (New Jersey) WXTV Paterson (Univision) (Southern Westchester County, NY) WTNH New Haven (ABC)(Connecticut) |
| 9 | WWOR-TV Secaucus (MyNetworkTV) CPTV (PBS) (Litchfield County, CT) |
| 10 | WLNY Riverhead (IND) WCAU Philadelphia (NBC) (Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ) WTBY Poughkeepsie (TBN) (Dutchess and Orange Counties, NY (parts of) Rockland and Westchester Counties, NY Sussex County, NJ and Pike County, PA) CPTV (PBS) (Fairfield and New Haven Counties, CT) WHPX New London (ION) (Litchfield County, CT) |
| 11 | WPIX New York (The CW) WNBC New York (NBC) (Litchfield County, CT) |
| 12 | News 12 WHYY Wilmington/Philadelphia (PBS) (Mercer County, NJ) WTXX Waterbury (The CW) (Litchfield County, CT) |
| 13 | WNET Newark/New York (PBS) |
| 14 | MSG Varsity |
| 15 | Public Access WFMZ Allentown, PA (IND) (Mercer County, NJ) WYBE Philadelphia (Public TV) (Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ) WLNY Riverhead (IND) (Fairfield County, CT) |
| 16 | WNJU Linden (Telemundo) WUVP Vineland (Univision) (Mercer County, NJ) WRDM Hartford (Telemundo) (Litchfield County, CT) |
| 17 | WFTY Smithtown / WFUT Newark (TeleFutura) WCTX New Haven (MyNetworkTV) (Connecticut) |
| 18 | Cablevision Channel Guide (formerly local programming) WGTW Burlington, NJ (TBN) (Mercer County, NJ) WXTV Paterson (Univision) (Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ) WUVN Hartford (Univision) (Connecticut) |
| 19 | ShopNBC WPHL Philadelphia (MyNetworkTV) (Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ) WRNN Kingston, NY (IND) (Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, Counties, NY and Northern Westchester County, NY ,Bergen, Sussex Counties, NJ, Pike County, PA and Fairfield County, CT) WGN America Chicago (Superstation) (Litchfield County, CT) |
| 20 | WMBC-TV Newton (IND) WNYW New York (Fox) (Mercer County, NJ) WTXF Philadelphia (Fox) (Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ) WTXX Waterbury(The CW) (Fairfield and New Haven Counties, CT) |
| 21 | WLIW Garden City (PBS) WPPX Wilmington (ION) (Mercer County, NJ) WHYY Wilmington/Philadelphia (PBS) (Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ) ShopNBC (New Haven County, CT) |
| 22 | WNYE New York (IND) WPSG Philadelphia (The CW) (Mercer County, NJ) |
| 23 | MSNBC WYBE Philadelphia (Public TV) (Mercer County, NJ) |
| 24 | CNBC News 12 New Jersey (Mercer County) |
| 25 | CNN W25AW (WZBN) Trenton, New Jersey (IND) (Mercer County, NJ) WTIC Hartford (Fox) (Fairfield and New Haven Counties, CT) |
| 26 | Fox News Channel MCTV 26 (Mercer County Community College) (Mercer County, NJ) |
| 27 | Discovery Channel |
| 28 | The Learning Channel |
| 29 | Food Network |
| 30 | Home & Garden Television |
| 31 | Disney Channel |
| 32 | Cartoon Network |
| 33 | Nickelodeon |
| 34 | TV Land |
| 35 | ESPN2 |
| 36 | ESPN |
| 37 | TNT |
| 38 | USA Network |
| 39 | TBS |
| 40 | FX |
| 41 | SPIKE TV |
| 42 | WE tv |
| 43 | AMC |
| 44 | Bravo |
| 45 | Lifetime |
| 46 | A&E |
| 47 | The History Channel |
| 48 | Syfy |
| 49 | ABC Family |
| 50 | Comedy Central |
| 51 | E! |
| 52 | VH1 |
| 53 | MTV |
| 54 | BET |
| 55 | MTV2 |
| 56 | FUSE |
| 57 | Animal Planet |
| 58 | TruTV |
| 59 | CNN Headline News |
| 60 | SportsNet New York |
| 61 | News 12 Traffic & Weather |
| 62 | The Weather Channel |
| 63 | Travel Channel |
| 65 | C-SPAN |
| 66 | Food Network MSNBC (Mercer County, NJ) |
| 67 | CNBC (Mercer County, NJ) vacant in all other areas |
| 68 | SoapNet CNN (Mercer County, NJ) NESN (Litchfield County, CT) |
| 69 | Speed Channel Fox News Channel (Mercer County, NJ) |
| 70 | YES Network Home Shopping Network (Mercer County, NJ) CNN (Connecticut) |
| 71 | MSG Network Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (Mercer County, NJ) |
| 72 | MSG+ |
| 73 | Galavisión MSG Network (Mercer County, NJ) YES Network (Connecticut) |
| 74 | OTB MSG+ (Mercer County, NJ) |
| 75 | YES Network (Mercer County, NJ) vacant in all other areas |
| 76 | ShopNBC |
| 77 | Home Shopping Network (in most of New Jersey) Cablevision Channel Guide (Mercer County, NJ) vacant in all other areas |
| 79 | C-SPAN2 |
| 80 | Encore |
| 81 | Starz! |
| 82 | HBO |
| 83 | Independent Film Channel |
| 84 | Showtime |
| 85 | Cinemax |
| 86 | The Movie Channel |
| 88 | Game Show Network |
| 89 | SoapNet |
| 90 | Showtime Too |
| 91 | Flix |
| 92 | Pay Per View |
| 93 | Pay Per View |
| 94 | Playboy TV |
| 95 | PPV Club Jenna |
| 96 | HBO2 |
| 97 | Turner Classic Movies |
| 98 | Zee TV |
Channels 100-199
^ This channel replaced Toon Disney on February 13, 2009. ^ Boomerang from Cartoon Network was added on May 13, 2009.
Channels 200-299
| Channel | Name |
|---|---|
| 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 | Disney XD % |
| 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) |
| 268 | TFC (Filipino Programming) |
| 269 | GMA Pinoy TV (Filipino Programming) |
| 276 | SPT (Portuguese Programming) |
| 279 | RAI (Italian Programming) |
| 282 | TV Polonia (Polish Programming) |
% This channel also replaced Toon Disney for the Spanish feeds on February 13, 2009
Channels 300-399
| Channel | Name |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Channels 400-499
means this channel is only available on nights where MSG2 is broadcast.
| Channel | Name |
|---|---|
| 400 | MLB Network |
| 401 | NHL Network |
| 402 | TVG |
| 403 | FUEL TV |
| 404 | FCS Pacific |
| 405 | FCS Central |
| 406 | FCS Atlantic |
| 407 | The Outdoor Channel |
| 408 | Versus |
| 409 | GOL TV |
| 410 | The Golf Channel |
| 411 | MavTV |
| 414 | iO Sports 2 (This channel will only broadcast a blue screen unless a third game is scheduled on MSG Networks.) |
| 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 @ |
@ The sports packages change by season.
Channels 500-699
| Channel | Name |
|---|---|
| 500 | On Demand |
| 502 | Free On Demand |
| 503 | Disney Channel On Demand |
| 506 | here! On Demand |
| 507 | Anime Network On Demand |
| 508 | IFC in Theaters On Demand |
| 512 | WWE 24/7 On Demand |
| 513 | Howard Stern On Demand |
| 515 | Adult |
| 516 | Playboy On Demand |
| 517 | Too Much for TV |
| 600 | iO Dashboard |
| 601 | Market Showcase |
| 604 | MSG Interactive |
| 605 | Optimum Autos |
| 606 | Optimum Homes |
| 607 | CNETTV Powered by Optimum |
| 608 | Voyage Television |
| 610 | iO Games |
| 612 | News 12 Interactive |
| 614 | Health by Answers TV |
| 615 | Lustgarten Foundation Channel |
| 620 | Move N Match Puzzles |
| 630 | OV Caller ID on iO TV |
| 650 | Disney Travel on Demand |
| 651 | Mattel Barbie Channel |
| 655 | Experience Discovery Cove |
| 656 | The Navy Channel |
| 660 | Metro Ethernet Now |
Channels 700-799
Channels 800-999
indicates Music Choice channels (bold channel numbers mean that channel contains ShowOff).
| Channel | Name |
|---|---|
| 807 | HBO West HD |
| 808 | HBO2 West HD |
| 809 | HBO Signature West HD |
| 810 | HBO Family West HD |
| 814 | Starz West HD |
| 815 | Starz Comedy HD |
| 823 | Showtime Extreme HD |
| 824 | Showtime West HD |
| 825 | Showtime Too West HD |
| 826 | Showtime Showcase West HD |
| 833 | ThrillerMax HD |
| 834 | WMAX HD |
| 836 | 5 StarMAX HD |
| 838 | Cinemax West HD |
| 841 | TMC Xtra HD |
| 842 | TMC West HD |
| 843 | TMC Xtra West HD |
| 845 | QVC HD |
| 846 | Planet Green HD |
| 847 | Style HD |
| 851 | Hit List |
| 852 | Hip Hop & R&B |
| 853 | MC Mixtape |
| 854 | Dance/Electronica |
| 855 | Rap |
| 856 | Hip-Hop Classics |
| 857 | Throwback Jamz |
| 858 | R&B Classics |
| 859 | R&B Soul |
| 860 | Gospel |
| 861 | Reggae |
| 862 | Classic Rock |
| 863 | Retro Rock |
| 864 | Rock |
| 865 | Metal |
| 866 | Alternative |
| 867 | Classic Alternative |
| 868 | Adult Alternative |
| 869 | Soft Rock |
| 870 | Pop Hits |
| 871 | '90s |
| 872 | '80s |
| 873 | '70s |
| 874 | Solid Gold Oldies |
| 875 | Party Favorites |
| 876 | Stage & Screen |
| 877 | Kidz Only! |
| 878 | Toddler Tunes |
| 879 | Today's Country |
| 880 | True Country |
| 881 | Classic Country |
| 882 | Contemporary Christian |
| 883 | Sounds of the Seasons |
| 884 | Soundscapes |
| 885 | Smooth Jazz |
| 886 | Jazz |
| 887 | Blues |
| 888 | Singers & Swing |
| 889 | Easy Listening |
| 890 | Classical Masterpieces |
| 891 | Light Classical |
| 892 | Musica Urbana |
| 893 | Pop Latino |
| 894 | Tropicales |
| 895 | Mexicana |
| 896 | Romances |
| 900 | Explore Optimum |
| 901 | iO Upgrades |
| 902 | Order Optimum Online |
| 1000 | iO DVR |
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.
- High compression on digital (including HD) channels has been criticized as excessive, causing the picture to appear pixelized due to low bandwidth. While other cable providers usually multiplex 2 HD streams per 6Mhz QAM carrier, Cablevision multiplexes 3 or 4 HD streams for some of its channels.
- 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, DirecTV, and Time Warner Cable, who carry the Tennis Channel, NFL Network, ESPNU, and ESPN 360
References
- ^
- This channel has not been broadcast in HD for over a year*
- ^ "Channel List.". Cablevision, Inc.. http://www.optimum.com/io/what/channel_list.jsp. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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