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Charles 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 U.S. It spawned the News 12 TV group of local news channels in the New York area.
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Charles Dolan, HBO founder and pioneering cable TV mogul, passes away
Charles Dolan, the visionary founder of HBO and Cablevision, passed away at the age of 98 due to natural causes. Dolan launched HBO in 1972 and created Cablevision in 1973. He is survived by six children, including James and Patrick Dolan. His wife died in August 2023 at the age of 96.
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