2.0.0.10 false BUSINESS 1010 - Disclosure - BUSINESS true false false false 1 usd $ false false Shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 USDPerShare Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 2 COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 0 cvc_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstract cvc false na duration string No definition available. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false No definition available. false 3 BUSINESS 1 cvc_NatureOfOperationsTextBlock cvc false na duration string Describes the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells and its reportable segments. false false false false false false false false false false false terselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0 <table style="font-size:10pt; font-family:'Times New Roman',times,serif;"> <tr> <td> NOTE 1.                                                 BUSINESS   The Company and Related Matters   Cablevision Systems Corporation (Cablevision) and its wholly-owned subsidiary CSC Holdings, LLC (CSC Holdings, and collectively with Cablevision, the Company) own and operate cable television systems and, through Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSC Holdings, have ownership interests in companies that produce and distribute national entertainment and regional news programming services.  The Company also owns companies that provide advertising sales services for the cable television industry, provide telephone service, operate motion picture theaters and operate a newspaper publishing business.  The Company classifies its business interests into three reportable segments:  (1) Telecommunications Services, consisting principally of its video, high-speed data, Voice over Internet Protocol and its commercial data and voice services operations; (2) Rainbow, consisting principally of national and regional television programming services, including AMC, WE tv, IFC, Sundance Channel (since June 16, 2008), News 12, IFC Entertainment and the VOOM HD Networks (the U.S. domestic programming of which ceased in January 2009); and (3) Newsday, consisting of the Newsday daily newspaper, amNew York, Star Community Publishing Group, and online websites including newsday.com and exploreLI.com.   On February 9, 2010, Cablevision distributed to its stockholders all of the outstanding common stock of Madison Square Garden, Inc. (Madison Square Garden), a company which owns the sports, entertainment and media businesses previously owned and operated by the Companys Madison Square Garden segment (the MSG Distribution).  The MSG Distribution took the form of a distribution by Cablevision of one share of Madison Square Garden Class A Common Stock for every four shares of Cablevision NY Group Class A Common Stock held of record at the close of business in New York City on January 25, 2010 (the Record Date) and one share of Madison Square Garden Class B Common Stock for every four shares of Cablevision NY Group Class B Common Stock held of record on the Record Date.  On January 12, 2010, the Company transferred to Madison Square Garden the Companys subsidiaries which owned, directly or indirectly, all of the partnership interests in Madison Square Garden, L.P.  As a result of the MSG Distribution on February 9, 2010, the Company no longer consolidates the financial results of Madison Square Garden for the purpose of its own financial reporting and the historical financial results of Madison Square Garden have been reflected in the Companys consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations for all periods presented.   Assets and liabilities related to the MSG Distribution on the Companys consolidated balance sheets and related footnotes have been reclassified as assets distributed to shareholders/member in 2010 and liabilities to be distributed to shareholders/member.  All assets and liabilities distributed to shareholders/member in 2010 are excluded from the footnotes unless otherwise noted.  Amounts due to or due from Madison Square Garden that were previously eliminated in consolidation are now being presented as accounts payable to affiliates or advances to affiliates on the Companys balance sheets for all periods presented.   On November 10, 2009, CSC Holdings, converted its form of business organization from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company (the Conversion).  Upon the Conversion, CSC Holdings, Inc. became CSC Holdings, LLC.  All 14,432,750 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, that were outstanding while it was a corporation were converted into the same number of membership units.  Since Cablevision owned all the outstanding shares of CSC Holdings, it is now the sole member owner of CSC Holdings, LLC.</td></tr></table> NOTE false false false Describes the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells and its reportable segments. 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