Cablevision Finally Carrying FBN?: Update…

Following up on ICN reporting yesterday that Cablevision will begin broadcasting FBN in Connecticut, Talking Biz News writes that FBN will announce an agreement with Cablevision to carry the network in all its markets…

Fox Business Network is expected to announce Thursday morning that it has secured an agreement with Cablevision Systems Corp.

The deal will expand the business network’s distribution by nearly 3 million subscribers in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area.

Update: It’s official…

The deal takes effect Thursday and lands FBN on Cablevision’s channel 106 and in HD on channel 772. Cablevision operates the largest U.S. cable cluster and is in more than 4.7 million households and 600,000 businesses in the New York metropolitan area.

FBN is now available in more than 50 million homes.

“We’re pleased to welcome Cablevision as our newest FOX Business affiliate and look forward to providing the essential and up-to-the-minute breaking business news to the greater New York area,” Tim Carry, FBN’s senior vice president of affiliate relations, said in a statement.

The new agreement will expand FBN’s reach into New York’s surrounding area, including Long Island, Westchester, Fairfield and Bergen counties.