EXHIBIT 23(b)
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
     As  independent public accountants, we  hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference of  our reports dated  March 1, 1995,  with respect to  Cablevision
Industries  Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, and to
all references to our Firm included in each of the following:
 
           1. Post-Effective Amendment  No.  2 to  Registration  Statements  No.
              33-11031 and No. 2-76753 on Form S-8;
 
           2. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  4  on  Form  S-3  to  Registration
              Statement No. 2-75960  on Form S-16  and Post-Effective  Amendment
              No.  1 on Form S-3 to  Registration Statement No. 33-58262 on Form
              S-3;
 
           3. Registration Statements No. 33-20883 and No. 33-35945 on Form S-8;
 
           4. Post-Effective Amendment  No.  8 to  Registration  Statements  No.
              2-62477 and No. 2-67216 on Form S-8;
 
           5. Registration Statements No. 33-37929 and No. 33-47152 on Form S-8;
 
           6. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  2  to  Registration  Statement No.
              33-16507 on Form  S-8 and Registration  Statement No. 33-48381  on
              Form S-8;
 
           7. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  1  to  Registration  Statement No.
              33-29247 on Form S-8;
 
           8. Registration Statement No. 33-33076 (the Prospectus constituting a
              part thereof also applies to Registration Statements No.  33-29029
              and No. 33-29030) on Form S-8;
 
           9. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-33043 on Form S-8
              and Registration Statement No. 33-51471 on Form S-8;
 
          10. Pre-Effective  Amendment  No.  1  to  Registration  Statement  No.
              33-29031 on Form S-3;
 
          11. Registration Statement No. 33-35317 on Form S-8;
 
          12. Registration Statements No. 33-40859 and No. 33-48382 on Form S-8;
 
          13. Post-Effective Amendment  No.  1  to  Registration  Statement  No.
              33-47151 on Form S-8;
 
          14. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  2  to  Registration  Statement No.
              33-57812 on Form S-3;
 
          15. Registration Statements No. 33-62774 and No. 33-51015 on Form S-8;
 
          16. Post-Effective Amendment  No.  1  to  Registration  Statement  No.
              33-50237 on Form S-3;
 
          17. Registration  Statement No.  33-53213 on  Form S-8, Post-Effective
              Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-57667 on Form S-8
              and Registration Statement No. 333-02383 on Form S-8.
 
          18. Registration Statement No. 33-61497 on Form S-8;
 
          19. Amendment No. 1  to Registration  Statement No.  33-61579 on  Form
              S-3;
 
          20. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  2  to  Registration  Statement No.
              33-62585 on Form S-3; and
 
          21. Registration Statement No. 333-04493 on Form S-8.
 
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
Stamford, Connecticut
August 14, 1996