cablevision
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cablevision
First recorded in 1970–75; cable + (tele)vision
Example Sentences
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In 1986, he went to the other side of the table, joining Alan Gerry’s Cablevision Industries as chief financial officer.
He stayed at Cablevision for a decade, during which Gerry credited him with helping turn his company into the eighth-largest cable operator in the U.S.
Continental Cablevision, and sold it around the time Commisso started buying, “because he’s so big and so loud and so full of fun.”
Cars and drivers for former Cablevision CEO James Dolan’s commutes and other personal use cost the three public companies that he runs—Madison Square Garden Entertainment, Madison Square Garden Sports and Sphere Entertainment—more than $180,000 in fiscal years ended June 30, according to corporate disclosures.
He then went on to create Home Box Office for movies, and then sold both his cable service and HBO to build up Cablevision, which ended up providing television and internet to households across the north-eastern United States.
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