Criticisms
- 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, 4 or 5 HD streams for some of its channels.
- There is a high rate of instability of the Scientific Atlanta cable boxes.
- Cablevision has also been criticized in the past for not having as many channels as other providers, such as Verizon FiOS, DirecTV, Dish Network, and Time Warner Cable, who carry the NFL Network, Cooking Channel, DIY Network, BBC America, Tennis Channel, and ESPN3. Tennis Channel was on Cablevision from late September 2009 to September 3, 2011, under the agreements of the N.C.T.C. contract, but has not since been back on Cablevision. BBC America was finally added on August 25, 2011. NFL Network and NFL Red Zone were finally added on August 17, 2012.
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