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Free stand-alone traffic and weather apps available to News 12 viewers
across the Tri-state area
Woodbury, NY — News 12 Networks today announced the launch of new stand-alone traffic and weather iPad and iPhone applications that will provide News 12 viewers with quick access to the information they want and need, while on the go. Designed to complement the News 12 Networks news app, the traffic and weather apps are customizable by region and fully functional with simple navigation and graphics. The iPhone and iPad apps are available for download from the iTunes App store and are free to Optimum customers and other cable subscribers who receive News 12.
“With these apps, users on the go can get the traffic and weather information they need with dazzling speed. It’s convenient, it’s simple, and it’s accurate. And it comes with the trust of the News 12 brand,” said Patrick Dolan, President of News 12 Networks.
The News 12 Weather App provides the very latest local weather information and updates from the award-winning News 12 meteorological team. Users can get custom information for their towns as well as live radar images, the latest News 12 video weathercast, a 10 day forecast and more.
The News 12 Traffic App offers up-to-the minute local traffic information and easy-to-read color coded maps. Users can also verify travel times by entering start and stop locations such as home, work, or even one time destinations. Additionally, access to hundreds of traffic cameras across the region provides a live look at road conditions and traffic patterns.
Additionally, both apps offer access to the main News 12 Networks app as well as a live stream of the local News 12 Networks channel and the News 12 Traffic and Weather channel.
“With these new apps users can access all of the traffic and weather information they want – anywhere in the Tri-state area — with just one simple click,” said David Kirschner, General Manager of News 12 Interactive. “And with the inclusion of the main News 12 app and live streaming of the News 12 Networks and News 12 Traffic and Weather channels, the full experience of what’s happening across the Tri-state area is available in a dynamic and compelling way.”
About News 12 Networks
News 12 Networks is the first, largest, and most watched 24-hour local news network in the country. News 12 Long Island, the first of its kind, launched in 1986, and today the network of seven individual local 24-hour news channels remains a cable-exclusive service in the New York tri-state area. In addition to the seven news channels serving Long Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester, the Hudson Valley, the Bronx, and Brooklyn, the network includes five traffic and weather channels covering the same footprint. News 12 Networks also features the award-winning News12.com, the premier destination for local news on the web; News 12 Interactive, channel 612 on Optimum TV, providing local news on-demand; and News 12 to Go on mobile devices, including news, weather, and traffic apps for iPhone and iPads. News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.