HDTV's key to Rainbow DBS success.(Rainbow DBS will place a strong emphasis on HDTV and offer foreign-language and international networks)

Multichannel News, July, 2003 by Farrell, Mike

Rainbow DBS will place a heavy emphasis on HDTV and offer a slew of international and foreign-language networks, according to several sources. While Cablevision Systems Corp. is being tight-lipped about its DBS service, chairman Charles Dolan last week claimed the offering will be broad enough to appeal to a variety of consumers, not just affluent ones.

"We will be able to provide the most comprehensive and the most compelling and the most value-driven service that is out there," Dolan said. "It's going to be at a value level that will be very competitive." GLIMPSE FROM FLYER Last fall Cablevision, a master packager of video services, submitted a prototype brochure for its DBS service to the Federal Communications Commission. "Since...

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