Customers can choose from Mag Rack’s ever-expanding selection
of video magazines offering in-depth content about a wide range of topics:
from science, bird watching & wine to photography, weddings & vegetarian cooking
Matthew Strauss named GM for new service which is now available as part of Cablevision’s iO
Jericho, New York – Oct. 30th, 2001 – Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. has launched Mag Rack, its unique video-on-demand service delivering special interest programming that explores in-depth a wide range of topics that are unavailable elsewhere on television. Just like at a newsstand, customers can choose from Mag Rack’s ever-expanding selection of video “magazines” that offer authoritative content about subjects that are personally relevant – ranging from science, bird watching and wine to photography, weddings and vegetarian cooking. Mag Rack is the first and only service designed and produced exclusively for video-on-demand.
The announcement was made by Josh Sapan, Rainbow’s President and CEO, who also announced that Matthew Strauss has been named Executive Vice President and General Manager of Mag Rack.
Said Josh Sapan, “Mag Rack is the latest evolutionary step in Rainbow’s long-held vision of ever more personalized and targeted television programming. We think this is what television for the 21st Century is going to look like and how it’s going to work.”
The new VOD service