News 12 The Bronx
| News 12 Networks | |
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| Launched | December 15, 1986 |
| Owned by | Newsday Media Holdings (Altice USA) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan |
As Local as Local News Gets Around New Jersey, Around the Clock (New Jersey only) Only on Cable. Never on FiOS. Never on satellite. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area |
New York City metropolitan area New Jersey Connecticut |
| Headquarters | |
| Sister channel(s) | i24 News (United States) |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Cable | |
| Optimum | 12 (SD/HD) |
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Charter Communications (Mt. Vernon, New York) |
20 (SD/HD) |
| Charter Communications (Rockland, Kings and Orange Counties, New York) |
156 (SD/HD) |
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Comcast (New Jersey) |
62 (SD/HD) |
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Service Electric (Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey) |
12 (SD/HD) |
The News 12 Networks are a group of American regional cable news television channels that are owned by Newsday Media Holdings and presided over by Patrick Dolan, son of Newsday majority owner Charles Dolan and brother of James L. Dolan. All channels provide rolling news coverage 24-hours a day, focusing primarily on different regions of the New York City metropolitan area outside of Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens. It has become the most-watched and most award-winning hyper-local news network in the USA.
However, most channels just have 11-12 hours a day for live newscasts. Other times, they play replay newscasts in a looped format.
The networks are carried by Altice USA's systems throughout the region (except for certain systems in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam counties in New York, and Litchfield county in Connecticut); these systems were originally owned by Dolan-owned Cablevision before being spun off to Altice. Since the sale, News 12 networks are also available on most Charter Communications, Service Electric and Comcast systems in the Tri-State area (in the case of Charter, this is part of a cross-provider agreement that also allows Charter's 24-hour local news channel, NY1, to be seen on Altice providers). However, none of the channels are available on Verizon FiOS (which offers a competing FiOS 1 service) or satellite providers DirecTV or Dish Network; this is referenced in the slogan used by the networks, "Only on cable. Never on FiOS. Never on satellite." Even if News 12 were to be made available to these services, Dish has refused to carry any Dolan-owned networks since 2010. Although the seven channels have individual and unique news operations, they share the same mission, as well as identical graphics and music packages.
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