Fox Business to expand access in New York market

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE

Fox Business Network is expected to announce Thursday morning that it has secured an agreement with Cablevision Systems Corp.

The deal will expand the business network’s distribution by nearly 3 million subscribers in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area.

Fox Business will be available to Cablevision subscribers on channel 106 thought the provider’s Optimum-branded communications system.

The last major expansion for the business news channel occurred in December 2008, when it struck a deal with Charter Communications to expand its presence in the Midwest and Northeast regions to nearly 200,000 homes.

Fox Business also had announced a deal with Cox Communications to launch in nearly 2 million homes by Jan. 1, 2009.