Cablevision to offer Mets Games in NYC.

Cablevision Systems Corporation announced that it is telecasting 25 2008 regular season New York Mets home games in Spanish to iO en español (iOe) customers beginning in April and running through September. The games will be available on channel 231 as part of iO en español, Cablevision’s Spanish-language programming package. Games will be broadcast live with the Mets Spanish broadcast team of Max Perez Jimenez and Juan Alicea behind the microphones.

“Based on the success and popularity of offering select Mets games in Spanish during the past two seasons, Cablevision is pleased to deliver in-language Mets games to our Spanish-speaking customers for the third year in a row,” said John Trierweiler, Cablevision’s senior vice president of product management. “Diverse and high quality international programming is an important part of our award-winning digital cable service, and this is a unique and valuable addition to the iO en español programming package, provided at no additional cost to iOe customers.”