Charles Dolan, the pay-television pioneer who won the first cable-TV franchise in Manhattan, founded Home Box Office Inc. and later built Cablevision Systems Corp. into the fifth-largest US cable company,

Charles Dolan, a pioneer of the cable-television industry who launched Home Box Office and AMC Networks, died at age 98. Dolan was the founder of Cablevision Systems, which over four decades grew into a leading pay-TV operator in the New York metropolitan area.

Charles Dolan, the billionaire founder of HBO and Cablevision, has died at the age of 98, his family confirmed on Saturday, December 28. Dolan, whose family owns Madison Square Garden, died of natural causes,

Charles Dolan, a media pioneer who founded Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died. He was 98. Dolan's family confirmed in a statement to Newsday that he died of natural causes, surrounded by loved ones.