That's according to an article by the Associated Press.
The network DVR can record programming, including High-Definition TV shows, on the cable company's server rather than a consumer's individual set-top.
This would allow cable TV operators to offer recording features to consumers without the need of expensive set-tops.
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However, Hollywood studios say the network DVR violates copyright law because it would effectively require a TV provider to broadcast a program twice if a consumer chose to play it back.
The distinction may seem small, but a U.S. Court of Appeal agreed last month with the studios and ordered Cablevision to stop the rollout.
But Cablevision says that, like current DVRs, the network DVR would still be operated by the consumer and thereby would fall under the "fair use" provision of the law. The Supreme Court ruled in the 1980s that Sony's Beta VCR did not violate copyright law when a consumer used it to record programming for his own use.
"We continue to believe strongly that remote-storage DVR is permissible under current copyright law and offers significant benefits to consumers, including lower costs and faster deployment of this popular technology to our digital cable customers," Tom Rutledge, Cablevision's chief operating officer, said in a statement, according to AP.
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