Cablevision Systems Corporation
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Cablevision Systems Corporation was a major American cable television and telecommunications company that provided cable TV, internet, and phone services, primarily in the New York metropolitan area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cablevision Systems Corporation canonical | 21 |
| Cablevision | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T509551 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cablevision Systems Corporation Context triple: [James L. Dolan, employer, Cablevision Systems Corporation]
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A.
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable was a major American cable television and broadband internet service provider that operated independently until its acquisition by Charter Communications in 2016.
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B.
Comcast
Comcast is a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate best known as a leading cable, internet, and entertainment provider.
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C.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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D.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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E.
Paramount Global
Paramount Global is a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owns film, television, and streaming assets including Paramount Pictures and CBS.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cablevision Systems Corporation Target entity description: Cablevision Systems Corporation was a major American cable television and telecommunications company that provided cable TV, internet, and phone services, primarily in the New York metropolitan area.
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A.
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable was a major American cable television and broadband internet service provider that operated independently until its acquisition by Charter Communications in 2016.
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B.
Comcast
Comcast is a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate best known as a leading cable, internet, and entertainment provider.
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C.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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D.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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E.
Paramount Global
Paramount Global is a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owns film, television, and streaming assets including Paramount Pictures and CBS.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable television company
ⓘ
telecommunications company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Altice NV ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| brand |
Optimum
ⓘ
Optimum Online ⓘ Optimum Voice ⓘ iO TV ⓘ
linked to:
Ora TV
|
| competitor |
Comcast
ⓘ
Time Warner Cable ⓘ Verizon FiOS ⓘ
linked to:
Fios
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolutionMethod | acquisition and integration into Altice USA ⓘ |
| formerStockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| formerTickerSymbol | CVC ⓘ |
| foundedAs | cable television provider for Long Island ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Charles Dolan
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles F. Dolan
|
| headquartersLocation | Bethpage, New York ⓘ |
| industry |
broadband internet
ⓘ
cable television ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ telephony ⓘ |
| legalForm | public company before acquisition ⓘ |
| notableCustomerBase |
residential customers
ⓘ
small and medium-sized businesses ⓘ |
| notableTechnology |
cable modem internet access
ⓘ
digital cable television distribution ⓘ |
| offeredBundle | triple-play (TV, internet, phone) packages ⓘ |
| operated | Wi-Fi hotspot network in its service area ⓘ |
| owned |
AMC (American Movie Classics) in earlier corporate structure
ⓘ
linked to:
AMC
Fuse (TV channel) ⓘ MSG Network ⓘ News 12 Networks ⓘ Rainbow Media Holdings ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Altice USA ⓘ |
| product |
cable television service
ⓘ
digital phone service ⓘ high-speed internet access ⓘ |
| providedService |
digital video recorder (DVR) services
ⓘ
pay-per-view television ⓘ video-on-demand ⓘ |
| regionSpecialization | tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Connecticut
ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
New York metropolitan area ⓘ parts of New York state outside New York City ⓘ |
| status | defunct as an independent company ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cablevision Systems Corporation Description of subject: Cablevision Systems Corporation was a major American cable television and telecommunications company that provided cable TV, internet, and phone services, primarily in the New York metropolitan area.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cablevision Systems Corporation
linked to: Cablevision Systems Corporation