Charles F. Dolan, a media and telecommunications pioneer who founded Cablevision Systems Corp. and spearheaded innovations that transformed the television industry, has died. He was 98.

Charles Dolan, who helped pioneer pay television with the founding of Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at 98, according to a spokesperson for the Dolan family.

By Alex Weprin Media & Business Writer Charles Dolan, the astute businessman who created HBO in the early 1970s before transforming a small cable TV business on Long Island into a multibillion ...

Bobby Bank/WireImage Charles Dolan, a billionaire television pioneer, has died. He was 98. A family spokesperson told PEOPLE in a statement on Saturday, Dec. 28 that Dolan died "from natural ...

(AP) — Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98, according to a news report.

Charles Dolan, the television innovator who founded Cablevision and HBO, died Saturday. He was 98. Dolan died of natural causes and was surrounded by loved ones, his family told Newsday.

Charles Dolan, the billionaire founder of HBO and Cablevision whose family owns Madison Square Garden and AMC Networks, died Saturday from natural causes, the Dolan family announced in a statement.

Charles Dolan, the billionaire founder of HBO and Cablevision, whose family owns Madison Square Garden, has died at age 98, his family said Saturday. Dolan passed away of natural causes surrounded ...