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Are you a Cablevision subscriber with a Galaxy S III (T-Mobile, US Cellular or unlocked), Galaxy S IV or Galaxy Express (AT&T) handset? Awesome, because now you can watch live and on-demand TV from your phone via the company’s Optimum app. More than that, Optimum can do double duty as a clicker for your screen as well as manage recording schedules and content. The cable provider also announced that its cloud-based Multi-Room DVR would triple the storage capacity for recorded video — jumping to 300 hours of standard-def, 75 hours of high-def or some combination of the two. Maybe what’s most exciting is that now you can record 10 shows or movies at once. This should give even the most avid time-shifted TV-watcher a ton of freedom and eliminate a potential Sophie’s Choice between Law & Order: SVU, 2 Broke Girls and Antiques Roadshow. Yeah, our tastes are what you might call “diverse.”

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Cablevision was one of the first U.S.-based cable providers to offer the ability for its customers to watch live TV on their mobile devices back in early 2011, but one of the annoying stipulations was you had to be at home in order to enjoy the experience. But starting today, Cablevision is throwing that stipulation out of the window as they have pushed out an update to its Optimum for iPad app to allow its customers to watch live TV anywhere they have an Internet connection.

This update means it’s completely possible for iPad users to watch live TV anywhere they would like as being connected to your home Wi-Fi network will no longer be necessary. Unfortunately, there’s a bit of a trick here as only its News 12, News 12 Traffic & Weather & MSG Varsity channels seem to only be available to watch live anywhere. But, this does show Cablevision is lifting at lease some restrictions of its application, which we’re hoping also means they’ll start rolling out support for additional, more popular channels to be watched live from anywhere.

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We knew it was coming, and after over a month of making the official announcement, ESPN and Cablevision have let it be known that, as of today, Optimum Online subscribers can now start enjoying content from ESPN3. Naturally, this will bring a plethora of sporting events from The Worldwide Leader in Sports to Cablevision customers which hold an Optimum internet account — tidbits like live events and replays of the NCAA Championships, basketball, tennis, golf, cricket and, of course, both types of football. As for the company’s Optimum TV to Go, it has said that WatchESPN, Watch Disney Channel, Watch DisneyXD and Watch DisneyJunior will indeed be “coming soon” to the service, though it wasn’t quite clear about how “soon” that’s going to be.

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If you’re waiting for a sign that shows like The Walking Dead are coming back to Dish Network, a court document filed Thursday might be it. According to Reuters, the document was originally filed with the title “poss. settlement” (later changed to “adj. for briefing”) and set a date for October 22nd. Additionally, the New York Post reports that on Wednesday the Judge adjourned proceedings for the week. As you’ll recall, Cablevision sued the satellite company over its Voom HD channels being dropped back in 2008, and is asking for $2.4 billion in damages. If the two have found a resolution, the next question would be whether this affects Dish’s negotiations with Cablevision spinoff AMC Networks, which the latter claims were derailed because of its connection to Voom. If the case proceeds, Bloomberg reports Dish CEO Charlie Ergen is set to take the stand Monday — we’ll see if this can get wrapped up before Mad Men and Breaking Bad return in 2013.

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Dish vs. Cablevision court filing hints at a settlement, could lead to AMC’s return originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For some time now, Cablevision subscribers have been missing out on many of the internet-based and other offerings from The Worldwide Leader in Sports. Today, however, folks will be happy to know that The Walt Disney Company (ESPN’s parent outfit) and Cablevision have reached a deal which will bring access to a variety of new content on different platforms, including WatchESPN, ESPN3, ESPN 3D as well as on demand channels from ABC and Disney’s extensive repertoire. Mum’s the word on how much cash was involved in the deal, but we do know it’s a multi-year agreement and that Walt & Co. feel rather content about it, with a company’s spokesperson saying, “With our robust and ever-growing multi-platform content offerings, we’re pleased to be able to expand our relationship with Cablevision.”

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Cablevision inks deal with The Walt Disney Company, brings WatchESPN and more to subscribers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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