TheBlaze Gets Picked-Up By Tri-State Cable Provider

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Glenn Beck’s incessant shilling during his radio for his TV channel TheBlaze has paid-off with a new deal announced Wednesday.

The Blaze reported audiences in the New York tri-state area will soon have access to everything TheBlaze TV has to offer thanks to deal struck with Cablevision Systems Corp.

Cablevision’s Optimum TV audiences in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut will now have access to TheBlaze TV programs, including “The Glenn Beck Program,” “Real News,” and “B.S. of A.,” as well as documentaries and original specials.

“Optimum TV is the only cable provider in the Tri-State area to bring our customers original programming from Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, and the independent network will add more diversity to our strong line-up, providing our customers with more choices that our customers appreciate,” Bradley Feldman, Cablevision’s vice president of video product management, said in a statement.

This is the latest step in TheBlaze’s ongoing efforts to expand its network to a wider audience since first launching on Sept. 12, 2011.  Formerly known as GBTV, TheBlaze TV has quickly grown into one of the world’s largest online streaming networks with over 300,000 subscribers.

“TheBlaze is the rare independent network that has a built in passionate audience, and therefore adds value to Optimum TV’s channel line-up,” TheBlaze President of Business Development Lynne Costantini said in a statement. 

“TheBlaze serves a growing conservative and libertarian audience, and we are pleased to work with Cablevision on bringing our network to Optimum TV customers.”

Some radio affiliates are complaining about Beck’s constant self-promotion and the endless pitches for his entrepreneurial efforts.  They say more engaging content is needed to shore-up the sagging radio ratings in many markets.