Optimum Lightpath's Kevin T. Curran is First MSO Representative Elected to Metro Ethernet Forum's Board of Directors

JERICHO, NY, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimum Lightpath, the next- generation business broadband service provider of Cablevision Systems Corporation, today announced that Kevin T. Curran, the Company's Senior Vice President of Marketing, has been elected to the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) board of directors. The MEF is the preeminent industry organization dedicated to accelerating the worldwide adoption of Carrier Ethernet networks and services.

Optimum Lightpath was one of the first cable MSOs to become an MEF member and has been an active member of the organization since 2004. The Company has since become an MSO catalyst and carrier trailblazer for Metro Ethernet technology and the critical performance and reliability benefits it offers for the enterprise market. Mr. Curran is the first representative of an MSO to be elected to the MEF board of directors.

"As an executive of one of the leading MSOs in the nation, Mr. Curran's expertise and commitment to furthering the adoption of Carrier Class Ethernet make him a valuable new member to our board of directors," said Nan Chen, president of the Metro Ethernet Forum. "With the ability to meet the extreme demands for speed, capacity, reliability and security, Optimum Lightpath has embraced innovation and advanced the MEF's mission to drive Carrier Ethernet adoption worldwide. We are pleased that Mr. Curran has been elected and look forward to his ongoing contributions in this emerging market."

Mr. Curran's appointment to the MEF board is a further testament to the fast-growing relationship between the Metro Ethernet Forum and the cable industry. Collectively, MEF U.S. cable operator members represent more than 75 percent of the cable footprint in the U.S.

In June 2007, Optimum Lightpath was awarded the MEF's "Carrier Ethernet Regional Service Provider of the Year" award, the fourth major recognition the company has received from the MEF in the past two years. In April 2006, Optimum Lightpath was the only cable provider in North America, and only one of seven in the world, to earn the MEF's distinguished "MEF 9 - Carrier Ethernet" certification - the highest standards of Metro Ethernet technology and delivery. In June 2006, Optimum Lightpath was honored with the MEF's "Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year - Outstanding Innovation" award and most recently, the company received the MEF 14 Service Provider Certification, which ensures that service provider networks comply with a strict criterion that provides a foundation for the implementation of performance based services and Service Level Agreements (SLA).

With more than 2,400 route miles of fiber in the ground and more than 2200 lit commercial buildings across the tri-state area, Optimum Lightpath owns and manages the nations most advanced fully fiber network designed with the scalability and flexibility to deliver bandwidth options ranging from 10Mbps to hundreds of Gigabits.

About the Metro Ethernet Forum

The MEF is a global industry alliance comprising more than 120 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. The MEF's mission is to accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services. The MEF develops Carrier Ethernet technical specifications and implementation agreements to promote interoperability and deployment of Carrier Ethernet worldwide.

For more information about the Forum, including a complete listing of all current MEF members, please visit the MEF web site at http://www.metroethernetforum.org/

About Optimum Lightpath

Optimum Lightpath, a business telecommunications services division of Cablevision Systems Corporation, uses the power of its reliable and resilient fully fiber optic network to deliver converged data, Internet and voice solutions to businesses throughout the New York metropolitan area. Since its formation 18 years ago, Optimum Lightpath built an advanced fiber-to-the- business-premises network extending more than 2,700 route miles throughout the tri-state area. As a result of owning and maintaining this state-of-the-art network, Optimum Lightpath is able to reliably provide scalable, high-capacity IP-based Metro Ethernet services that support high bandwidth data, Internet and voice applications and optimize the enterprise customer's quality of experience.

Optimum Lightpath has been recognized for nine straight years by the New York State Public Service Commission for delivering highly personalized customer service superior to the competition. Winner of the Metro Ethernet Forum's 2006 Service Provider of the Year Award for Outstanding Innovation, Optimum Lightpath became one of the first service providers in the world and the only North American MSO to earn Carrier Ethernet certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum in April 2006. In 2007 Optimum Lightpath was named "Best North American Regional Service Provider of the Year" by the MEF. For more information, visit http://www.optimumlightpath.com/.

About Cablevision

Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations serve more than 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area. The company's advanced telecommunications offerings include its iO: Interactive Optimum(R) digital television, Optimum Online high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable, and its Optimum Lightpath integrated business communications services. Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings LLC operates several successful programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, WE TV and other national and regional networks. In addition to its telecommunications and programming businesses, Cablevision owns Madison Square Garden and its sports teams, the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. The company also operates New York's famed Radio City Music Hall, and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas and the Beacon Theater.