In 1986, he was instrumental in Cablevision’s launch of News 12 Long Island—the first 24-hour regional cable news channel in the US
Charles Dolan. Pic/AP
Charles Dolan, a titan of the early cable industry who owned Cablevision and launched HBO, passed away at 98. He died of natural causes on December 28.
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Dolan is known for founding HBO in 1972 and a year later creating Cablevision—one of the nation’s largest cable operators—which was sold to Altice in 2017 for USD 17.7 billion.
In 1986, he was instrumental in Cablevision’s launch of News 12 Long Island—the first 24-hour regional cable news channel in the US. It spawned the News 12 Networks group of local news channels in the New York area. Dolan is survived by six children.
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