News 12 Networks Honored With 13 New York Emmy Awards

April 22, 2010 - PRLog -- The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has honored News 12 Networks with thirteen New York Emmy® Awards, more than any other news channel.  News 12 Connecticut won seven awards. News 12 Long Island took home four.   News 12 Westchester and News 12 Brooklyn each received one.  The winners were announced recently at a star-studded black-tie gala at the Marriott Marquis in New York City.  

“I am very proud of the achievements by the professionals on our team who were honored by the Academy,” said Pat Dolan, President of News 12 Networks.  "This recognition acknowledges our daily effort to produce quality journalism and to serve our audiences with local news they can’t get anywhere else."

News 12 Connecticut received the following New York Emmy® awards:
Spot News Story: Sauce on the Run; Kimber Crandall, Joselito A. Rivera
Religious Programming: Heavenly Harmony; Kristi Faccenda, Jim Mennino
Arts-News: The Game; Joe Connors
Photographer-Short Form: Gold Gloves; Robert Cook
Photographer-Sports: Matthew Cyr Composite
On Camera Talent-Sports Reporter: Damian Andrew Composite
Sports Coverage-Single Story: Dirt Dixie; Matthew Cyr, Kevin Jacobsen

News 12 Long Island received the following New York Emmy® awards:
Writer: news: Virginia Huie Composite
Sports Coverage - Series: Ironman Inspiration; Erin Colton, David Garden
Photographer-News: No Small Wonder; Brian Endres
Feature News-Series: Healing Hands; Danielle Campbell, David Leibowitz, Jennafer Savino

News 12 Westchester received the following New York Emmy® award:  
Environmental Programming: Aquaponics at Cabbage Hill Farm; Marc Blumenthal, Bob Yedowitz

News 12 Brooklyn received the following New York Emmy® award:  
Societal Concerns-News: Child Abuse: Breaking the Cycle; Stacey Delikat

The New York Emmy® Awards recognize outstanding achievements in television, originally broadcast or cablecast in New York or Northern New Jersey.   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 fosters creativity and inspires excellence through the renowned EMMY® Award, the most prestigious honor and most coveted peer-recognition symbol of distinction in television.

News 12 Networks is proud to be a cable exclusive service, currently reaching nearly 3.8 million households in the New York market.  News 12 Networks is the country's first, largest, and most watched 24-hour local television news network.  The Network is made up of 7 individual local news channels serving the areas of Long Island, New Jersey, Southwestern Connecticut, Westchester County, the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.  News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.

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Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation's leading telecommunications, media and entertainment companies. In addition to its Optimum-branded cable, Internet, and voice offerings, the company owns and operates News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday Media Group. Cablevision's assets also include Rainbow Media Holdings LLC and its programming and entertainment businesses, AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv and IFC Entertainment, as well as Clearview Cinemas. Additional information about Cablevision is available on the Web at www.cablevision.com.