CABLEVISION customers are to receive a special gift this Christmas.

The company is giving its viewers full access to all CableVision channels, from Christmas Eve through January 3 at no additional cost. "From 6 p.m. on Friday, December 24, to 8 a.m. on Monday, January 3, we're inviting our customers to tune in and find out what they've been missing on the channels they haven't yet explored," said the company's general manager, Jeremy Elmas.

"It's our way of thanking them for being CableVision customers. It's because of them that we get up every day and do what we do. Customers have been very patient while we have been rebuilding our network.

The holiday treat will be available to all existing CableVision customers and applies to all CableVision channels with the exception of Pay-Per-View. Digital channels will also be made available, but only to digital subscribers.