Woodbury, N.Y., April 2, 2012 – News 12 Long Island was honored by The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with four New York Emmy® Awards. The awards were presented last night at the 55th Annual New York Emmy® Awards Ceremony at The Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City.
“We’re proud of these Emmy awards and the talented staff who achieved them,” said Patrick Dolan, President, News 12 Networks and News 12 Long Island News Director. “To be recognized by our industry peers while doing the jobs and completing the mission that is close to our hearts, is incredibly gratifying. We will continue to work hard to deliver the news that’s ‘as local as local news gets’.”
We congratulate the following News 12 Long Island New York Emmy® Award Winners:
– FEATURE NEWS: SERIES – Long Island Passport. (Carol Silva, David Garden)
– HEALTH/SCIENCE: PROGRAM/SPECIAL – Ride for Life. (Elizabeth Hashagen, Brian Jingeleski)
– ON-CAMERA TALENT: REPORTER-SPORTS – Kevin Maher. (Kevin Maher)
– ON-CAMERA TALENT: PROGRAM HOST/MODERATOR – Elizabeth Hashagen-Getting Down to Earth. (Elizabeth Hashagen)
The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, founded in 1955, is the preeminent membership organization serving the television industry. NY NATAS encourages the pursuit of excellence and promotes the highest standards of quality in television by conferring the industry’s classic and most coveted peer-recognition symbol of distinction – the Emmy®.
News 12 Long Island
News 12 Long Island was the first local 24-hour cable television news channel of its kind to launch in the United States in 1986, and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. News 12 Long Island is the exclusive 24-hour local news service dedicated to covering the counties of Nassau and Suffolk. Today News 12 Long Island is part of News 12 Networks which is the largest and most watched regional news network. Today the network of 7 individual local 24-hour news channels remains a cable-exclusive service cablein the New York tri-state area; serving New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester, Hudson Valley (Rockland and Orange Counties), the Bronx, and Brooklyn in addition to Long Island. News 12 Networks also includes five traffic and weather channels, providing constantly updated information in those two key subject areas, throughout the same coverage footprint. In addition to the 12 cable channels, News 12 also features the award winning news12.com, the premiere destination for local news on the web; and News 12 Interactive, channel 612 on iO TV, providing local news on-demand to Cablevision subscribers. News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.
About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation’s leading media and telecommunications companies. In addition to delivering its Optimum-branded cable, Internet, and voice offerings throughout the New York area, the company owns and operates cable systems serving homes in four Western states. Cablevision’s local media properties include News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday Media Group. Cablevision also owns and operates Clearview Cinemas. Additional information about Cablevision is available on the Web at www.cablevision.com.