CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP
SC 13D/A, 1996-10-21
CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES
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         THIS PAPER DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED PURSUANT
TO RULE 902(g) OF REGULATION S-T


               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549
                                
                                                
                          SCHEDULE 13D
                       (Amendment No. 13)
                                
                                                
            Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                 
                Cablevision Systems Corporation                
                        (Name of Issuer)
                                
                        
                      Class A Common Stock      
                (Title of Class and Securities) 
                                
                                                
                           12686C109                  
              (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                                                
                                                
                                                
              James E. McKee, Gabelli Funds, Inc.,
  One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580-1434, (914)921-5294
    (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
             to Receive Notices and Communications)
                                
                                                
                      October 18, 1996                     
     (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
                                

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this State-
ment because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box:
                                                        ____     
                                                       /___/ 


Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this Statement:
                                                       _____
                                                      /   /
<PAGE>
_________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 12686C109                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      Gabelli Funds, Inc.            I.D. No. 13-3056041
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      OO-Funds of investment company clients
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          _____
                                                     /    /
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      New York
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     568,894 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  (Item 5) 
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     568,894 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  (Item 5)  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      568,894 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         _____
                                                     /  x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      4.28%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      HC, IA, CO
_________________________________________________________________
              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!  
________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 12686C109                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      GAMCO Investors, Inc.              I.D. No. 13-2951242
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      OO-Funds of investment advisory clients
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          _____
                                                     /  x /
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      New York
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     2,058,171 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None 
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     2,149,871 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      2,149,871 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________

(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      16.19%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      IA, CO
_________________________________________________________________
              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!   
_________________________________________________________________
CUSIP No. 12686C109                                        13D
________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      Gabelli International II Limited  I.D. No. Foreign         
      Corporation
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      WC 
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      British Virgin Islands
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     8,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     8,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      8,000 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      0.06%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      CO
_________________________________________________________________

              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 12686C109                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      ALCE Partners, L.P.                 I.D. No. 13-3782067
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     WC                                                 
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      Delaware 
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     1,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     1,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      1,000 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      0.01%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      PN
_________________________________________________________________

              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 12686C109                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      Gabelli Multimedia Partners, L.P.     I.D. No. 13-3782066
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     WC               
________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      Delaware 
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     2,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     2,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      2,000 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      0.02%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      PN
_________________________________________________________________

              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 12686C109                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      Gabelli Performance Partnership L.P.   I.D. No. 13-3396569
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     WC     
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      Delaware 
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     8,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     8,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      8,000 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      0.06%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      PN
_________________________________________________________________

              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
_________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 12686C109                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
      Gabelli International Limited  I.D. No. Foreign Corporation
_________________________________________________________________
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      WC 
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      British Virgin Islands
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     5,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     5,000 (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      5,000 (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         ____
                                                     /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      0.04%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      CO
_________________________________________________________________

              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
_________________________________________________________________

CUSIP No. 12686C109                                        13D
_________________________________________________________________
(1)  NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS 
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
     Mario J. Gabelli                  I.D. No. ###-##-####
_________________________________________________________________ 
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
                                                       ____
                                                  (a) /___/
                                                       ____
                                                  (b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3)  SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      None
_________________________________________________________________
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
     REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)          ____
                                                     /    /
_________________________________________________________________
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
      USA 
_________________________________________________________________ 
                                        : (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
                                        :     None   (Item 5)
                                        :________________________
                                        : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY          :     None  
 OWNED BY EACH REPORTING                :________________________ 
 PERSON WITH                            : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None   (Item 5)
                                        :________________________ 
                                        :(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE 
                                        :     POWER
                                        :     None  
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
      None   (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
     EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                         _____
                                                     /  x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
      0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
      IN
_________________________________________________________________

              *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!<PAGE>
Item 1.Security and Issuer
          This Amendment No. 13 to Schedule 13D on Cablevision
Systems Corporation (the "Issuer") is being filed on behalf of
the undersigned to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended (the
"Schedule 13D") which was originally filed on December 11, 1995.  
Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein but
not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth the
Schedule 13D.  

Item 2.   Identity and Background
          This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli ("Mr.
Gabelli") and various entities which he directly or indirectly
controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer.  These
entities, except for Lynch Corporation ("Lynch"), Spinnaker
Industries, Incorporated ("Spinnaker"), Western New Mexico
Telephone Company ("Western New Mexico"), Entoleter, Inc.
("Entoleter"),  Lynch Telecommunications Corporation ("Lynch
Telecom"), Lynch Telephone Corporation ("Lynch Telephone") and
Inter-Community Telephone Company ("Inter-Community")
(collectively, "Lynch and its affiliates"), engage in various
aspects of the securities business, primarily as investment
adviser to various institutional and individual clients, includ-
ing registered investment companies and pension plans, as
broker/dealer and as general partner of various private invest-
ment partnerships.  Certain of these entities may also make
investments for their own accounts. 
          The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own
beneficially more than 5% of a class of equity securities of a
particular issuer.  Although several of the foregoing persons are
treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting
their beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the
holdings of those who do not qualify as institutional investors
may exceed the 1% threshold presented for filing on Schedule 13D
or implementation of their investment philosophy may from time to
time require action which could be viewed as not completely
passive.  In order to avoid any question as to whether their
beneficial ownership is being reported on the proper form and in
order to provide greater investment flexibility and administra-
tive uniformity, these persons have decided to file their benefi-
cial ownership reports on the more detailed Schedule 13D form
rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to provide
more expansive disclosure than may be necessary. 
          (a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one
or more of the following persons: Gabelli Funds, Inc. ("GFI"),
GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GAMCO"), Gabelli Securities, Inc.
("GSI"), Gabelli & Company, Inc. ("Gabelli & Company"), Gabelli
Performance Partnership L.P. ("GPP"), GLI, Inc. ("GLI"), Gabelli
Associates Fund ("Gabelli Associates"), Gabelli Associates
Limited ("GAL"), Gabelli & Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the
"Plan"), Gabelli International Limited ("GIL"), Gabelli Interna-
tional II Limited ("GIL II"), Gabelli International Gold Fund
Limited ("GIGFL"), ALCE Partners, L.P. ("ALCE"), Gabelli
Multimedia Partners, L.P. ("Multimedia Partners"), Gabelli Asset
Management Company International Advisory Services Ltd.
("GIASL"), Mr. Gabelli, Lynch, Spinnaker, Western New Mexico,
Entoleter, Lynch Telecom, Lynch Telephone and Inter-Community.
Those of the foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are
hereafter referred to as the "Reporting Persons". 
          GAMCO, a majority owned subsidiary of GFI, is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940, as amended ("Advisers Act").  GAMCO is an investment
manager providing discretionary managed account services in the
equity area for employee benefit plans, private investors,
endowments and foundations. 
          Gabelli & Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is
a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended ("l934 Act"), which as a part of its business
regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account.  
          GLI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a general
partner of G&R Partners, a Delaware partnership ("G&R"), which,
in turn, is the general partner of Gabelli-Rosenthal & Partners,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("G-R"), whose primary busi-
ness purpose is to do friendly leveraged buyouts.  At the present
time, G-R's sole business purpose is to monitor its existing
portfolio investments.
          Gabelli Associates is a New York limited partnership
whose primary business purpose is risk arbitrage investments. 
GSI and Mr. Gabelli are the general partners of Gabelli As-
sociates. 
          GAL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
risk arbitrage investments.  Shares of GAL's Common Stock will be
offered to persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the
United States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S.
investors.  GSI is the investment manager of GAL.
          GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of GFI, is a Delaware
corporation which as a part of its business regularly purchases
and sells securities for its own account.  It is the immediate
parent of Gabelli & Company.  
          GFI is the ultimate parent company for a variety of
companies engaged in the securities business, each of which is
named above.  In addition, GFI is an investment adviser
registered under the Advisers Act.  GFI is an investment adviser
which presently provides discretionary managed account services
for The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The
Gabelli Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible Securities Fund,
Inc., The Gabelli Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth
Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The
Gabelli Global Telecommunications Fund, Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc.,
The Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global
Convertible Securities Fund, Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, Gabelli
International Growth Fund, Inc. and The Gabelli Global
Interactive Couch Potato Fund (collectively, the "Funds"), which
are registered investment companies.
          The Plan, a qualified employee profit sharing plan,
covers substantially all employees of GFI and its affiliates. 
          GPP, a Delaware limited partnership, is a limited
partnership whose primary business purpose is investing in
securities.  Mr. Gabelli is the general partner and chief invest-
ment officer of GPP. 
          GIL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
investing in a portfolio of equity securities and securities
convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities in order
to achieve its investment objective of significant long-term
growth of capital.  Shares of GIL's common stock are offered to
persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the United
States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S. investors. 
The investments of GIL are managed by Mr. Gabelli who is also a
director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of GIL.
          GIL II is a corporation whose business purpose is
investing primarily in a portfolio of equity securities and
securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securit-
ies in order to achieve its investment objective of significant
long-term growth of capital.  Shares of GIL II's common stock are
offered to persons who are neither citizens nor residents of the
United States and may be offered to a limited number of U.S.
investors.  The investments of GIL II are managed by Mr. Gabelli
who is also a director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of
GIL II.
       ALCE is a Delaware investment limited partnership that
seeks long-term capital appreciation primarily through
investments in public and private equity securities.  GSI is a
general partner of ALCE.
       Multimedia Partners is a Delaware investment limited
partnership whose objective is to provide long-term capital
appreciation by investing primarily in public and private
multimedia communications companies.  GSI is a general partner of
Multimedia Partners.
       GIASL is a corporation whose primary business purpose is
to provide advisory services to offshore funds.
       Lynch, an Indiana corporation, is a diversified public
company traded on the American Stock Exchange.  Its subsidiaries
are engaged in communications, services, and manufactured pro-
ducts.  Spinnaker, a Delaware subsidiary of Lynch, is also a
public company and its stock is traded through the NASDAQ System. 
Spinnaker is a diversified manufacturing firm with major
subsidiaries in specialty adhesive-backed materials business. 
Another of Lynch's subsidiaries, Western New Mexico, provides
telephone services in a service area in Southwestern New Mexico. 
Inter-Community, which is also a subsidiary of Lynch, provides
local telephone services in an area 40 miles west of Fargo, North
Dakota.   Lynch and Spinnaker actively pursue new business ven-
tures and acquisitions.  Lynch and its affiliates make invest-
ments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain
liquidity for financing their business activities and
acquisitions (not in the case of Western New Mexico) and are not
engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in
securities.  Mr. Gabelli is Chairman of Lynch and owns
beneficially 23.52% of the shares of common stock of Lynch. 
          Mr. Gabelli is the majority stockholder and Chairman of
the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of GFI and the
Chief Investment Officer for each of the Reporting Persons.  GFI,
in turn, is the majority stockholder of GAMCO.  GFI is also the
majority stockholder of GSI.  Gabelli & Company is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of GSI.  GLI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI.
          The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute
a group. 
          GFI, GAMCO, Gabelli & Company and GLI are New York
corporations and GSI is a Delaware corporation, each having its
principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York
10580-1434. GPP is a Delaware limited partnership having its
principal business office at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich,
Connecticut 06830.  Gabelli Associates is a New York limited
partnership having its principal business office at One Corporate
Center, Rye, New York 10580-1434. GAL and GIL are corporations
organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands having
their principal business office at c/o MeesPierson (Cayman)
Limited, British American Centre, Dr. Roy's Drive-Phase 3, George
Town, Grand Cayman, British West Indies.  GIL II is a corporation
organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands having
their principal business office at c/o Coutts & Company (Cayman)
Limited, West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, British West Indies.  GIASL
is a Bermuda corporation with its principal business office at
c/o Appleby, Spurling & Kempe, Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue,
Hamilton HM12, Bermuda.  Lynch is an Indiana corporation having
its principal business office at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich,
CT 06830.  Spinnaker is a Delaware corporation having its
principal business office at 251 Welton Street, Hamden, CT 06511.

          For information required by instruction C to Schedule
13D with respect to the executive officers and directors of the
foregoing entities and other related persons (collectively,
"Covered Persons"), reference is made to Schedule I annexed
hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 
          (d) and (e) -  On December 8, 1994, the SEC instituted
and simultaneously accepted offers for the settlement of an
administrative proceeding against Gabelli & Company and GAMCO. 
The order instituting the proceeding included a finding, which
Gabelli & Company and GAMCO neither admitted nor denied, that
they failed to implement and maintain policies and procedures
reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic
information by not sepecifically addressing the special
circumstances that arose from their affiliation with Lynch
Corporation, a public company.  To resolve this matter, Gabelli &
Company and GAMCO agreed to cease and desist from violating
Section 15(f) of the 1934 Act and Section 204A of the Advisers
Act, respectively.  They further agreed to each pay a civil
penalty in the amount of $50,000, and to retain, and adopt the
recommendations of, an independant consultant regarding their
Section 15(f) and Section 204A policies and procedures.  
          On December 13, 1991, the Virginia State Corporation
Commission entered an order of settlement in final disposition of
matters arising from an allegation that GAMCO had transacted
business in Virginia as an investment adviser without having been
registered as such under Virginia Code Section 13.1-504A or an
exemption therefrom.  GAMCO consented to the entry of the order
without admitting or denying the allegation and without a
hearing.  The terms of the order provide that GAMCO would pay a
fine and costs totalling fifty-five thousand dollars and would
not transact business in Virginia as an investment adviser unless
it was registered as such under section 13.1-504A or was exempt
from registration.  
     (f) - Reference is made to Schedule I hereto. 
<PAGE>
Item 3.   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
          All Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximate-
ly $5,338,734 to purchase the additional Securities requiring
this Amendment to Schedule 13D.  GAMCO and GFI used approximately
$4,150,334 and $1,188,400, respectively, of funds that were
provided through the accounts of certain of their investment
advisory clients (and, in the case of some of such accounts at
GAMCO, may be through borrowings from client margin accounts) in
order to purchase the Securities for such clients.  


Item 5.   Interest In Securities Of The Issuer

          Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part,
as follows:    
          (a)  The aggregate number and percentage of Securities
to which this Schedule 13D relates is 2,742,765 shares,
representing 20.64% of 13,284,728 shares outstanding.  This
latter number is arrived at by adding the number of shares
reported as being outstanding in the Issuer's most recently filed
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996 (13,257,163 shares)
to the number of shares which would be receivable by the
Reporting Persons if they were to convert all of the Issuer's
Covertible Preferred stock held by them (27,565 shares) into the
Common Stock of the Issuer.  The Reporting Persons beneficially
own those Securities as follows:









               Shares of      % of      Shares of      % of      
               Common         Class of  Common Stock,  Class
Name           Stock          Common    Converted      Converted

GAMCO:
  As Principal             0      0.00%             0      0.00%
  As Agent         2,127,100     16.04%     2,149,871     16.19%

GFI:
  As Principal             0      0.00%             0      0.00%
  As Agent           563,700      4.24%       568,894      4.28%


ALCE                   1,000      0.01%         1,000      0.01%


GIL                    5,000      0.04%         5,000      0.04%


GIL II                 8,000      0.06%         8,000      0.06%


GMP                    2,000      0.02%         2,000      0.02%


GPP                    8,000      0.06%         8,000      0.06%
   
                                 
Mr. Gabelli                0      0.00%             0      0.00%


          Mr. Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons and
GFI is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities
beneficially owned by each of the foregoing persons other than Mr.
Gabelli. 
          (b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has
the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose
or to direct the disposition of the Securities reported for it,
either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its investment
clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that GAMCO
Investors, Inc. does not have authority to vote 94,100 of the
reported shares, and except that GFI has sole dispositive and
voting power with respect to the 568,894 shares of the Issuer held
by the Funds, so long as the aggregate voting interest of all joint
filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting interest in the
Issuer and in that event, the Proxy Voting Committee of each Fund
shall respectively vote that Fund's shares, and except that, at any
time, the Proxy Voting Committee of each such Fund may take and
exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power with
respect to the shares held by such Fund under special circumstances
such as regulatory considerations, and except that the power of Mr.
Gabelli and GFI is indirect with respect to Securities beneficially
owned directly by other Reporting Persons. 
          (c) Information with respect to all transactions in the
Securities which were effected during the past sixty days by each
of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on
Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 
<PAGE>
Signature     
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.  
Dated: October 21, 1996
                                   GABELLI FUNDS, INC.


                                   
                                   By: _______________________
                                       James E. McKee           
                                       General Counsel 

                                                                       

                                   GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
                                   

                                   By:___________________________
                                      Douglas R. Jamieson      
                                      Executive Vice President  
                                       
                    

                                   MARIO J. GABELLI


                                                                 
                                   By:_________________________
                                      James E. McKee             
                                      Attorney-in-Fact 
                                                                 


                                   ALCE PARTNERS, L.P.


                    
                                   By:_______________________
                                      Gabelli Securities, Inc.
                                      General Partner
                                      by: James E. McKee
                                          Secretary


<PAGE>
                                  GABELLI MULTIMEDIA 
                                   PARTNERS, L.P.
     


                                   By:_________________________
                                      Gabelli Securities, Inc.
                                      General Partner
                                      by: James E. McKee
                                          Secretary


                                   GABELLI INTERNATIONAL 
                                   II LIMITED


               
                                   By:__________________________
                                       Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman
                                       and Investment Manager
                                       by: James E. McKee
                                           Attorney-in-Fact


                                   GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED


                    
                                   By:__________________________
                                       Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman
                                       and Investment Manager
                                       by: James E. McKee
                                           Attorney-in-Fact



                                   GABELLI PERFORMANCE
                                   PARTNERSHIP, L.P.


                                   By:__________________________
                                       Mario J. Gabelli
                                       General Partner        
                                       by: James E. McKee
                                           Attorney-in-Fact




                                   SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
                                                                                
                                             SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE    
                                  DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)  
                                                                                
           COMMON STOCK-CABLEVISION SYS CORP                                    
                                                                                
          GABELLI FUNDS, INC.                                                   
               THE GABELLI VALUE FUND,INC.                                      
                                10/15/96           10,000            35.5500    
                                10/14/96            5,000            36.2500    
                                10/14/96            5,000            36.4350    
               THE GABELLI TELECOMMUNICATION FUND                               
                                10/15/96            3,000            35.5500    
               THE GABELLI GROWTH FUND                                          
                                10/18/96            1,000-           33.9489    
                                10/16/96            1,000-           33.9489    
                                10/14/96            1,000-           36.1988    
                                10/11/96            1,000-           37.3750    
                                10/10/96            1,000-           37.4487    
                                10/08/96            1,000-           38.9487    
                                10/07/96            2,000-           40.0112    
               THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST,INC.                                    
                                10/14/96            5,000-           36.2488    
               THE GABELLI COUCH POTATO FUND                                    
                                10/18/96            2,500            34.0500    
                                10/11/96            1,500            37.4250    
                                10/11/96            1,000            37.3750    
               THE GABELLI CAPITAL ASSET FUND                                   
                                10/17/96            2,000            34.1438    
                                10/11/96            1,000            37.0500    
                                10/08/96            2,000            39.4250    
          GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.                                                 
                                10/18/96           15,600            34.0000    
                                10/18/96           11,600            33.9009    
                                10/18/96            1,100-           34.3068    
                                10/18/96           15,000            33.8750    
                                10/17/96              600-           34.6250    
                                10/17/96            9,700            34.3969    
                                10/17/96            5,000            34.0000    
                                10/16/96            1,000            34.3750    
                                10/16/96            5,200            34.5000    
                                10/16/96            5,000            34.2000    
                                10/16/96            3,000            35.5000    
                                10/16/96            2,000            34.2500    
                                10/15/96              200-           45.1643    
                                10/15/96              200-           44.9077    
                                10/15/96              200-           36.3644    
                                10/15/96              200            36.3644    
                                10/15/96              200            45.1400    
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                                   SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
                                                                                
                                             SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE    
                                  DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)  
                                                                               
           COMMON STOCK-CABLEVISION SYS CORP                                    
                                                                                
        GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.                                                 
                              10/15/96            2,000            35.7250    
                              10/15/96            1,500            35.5000    
                              10/15/96            2,300-           35.7337    
                              10/15/96              200            45.1643    
                              10/14/96            1,600-           36.2500    
                              10/14/96              500            36.2500    
                              10/14/96            5,900            36.3644    
                              10/14/96            1,000            36.3750    
                              10/14/96            5,000            36.4250    
                              10/14/96            2,000            36.6063    
                              10/11/96            2,000            37.9688    
                              10/11/96            8,800            37.6392    
                              10/11/96            1,000            38.0000    
                              10/11/96            5,000            37.0000    
                              10/11/96            1,500-           37.4833    
                              10/10/96            2,000            37.7500    
                              10/10/96            2,000-           37.6250    
                              10/10/96            2,000            37.6250    
                              10/10/96            2,700            37.5463    
                              10/10/96              600            37.3750    
                              10/10/96              700-           37.4464    
                              10/10/96            2,000-           37.7500    
                              10/09/96            1,700            37.9632    
                              10/09/96            2,200            37.8750    
                              10/09/96              500-           37.6250    
                              10/09/96            2,000            37.7500    
                              10/09/96            3,000            37.6250    
                              10/08/96            3,000            39.6875    
                              10/08/96            2,000            39.8750    
                              10/08/96              800            39.2500    
                              10/08/96            1,500-           39.1667    
                              10/07/96              500            41.1355    
                              10/07/96              500-           41.1355    
                              10/07/96            1,000            40.2500    
                              10/07/96              400            40.1875    
                              10/07/96              300-           40.1250    

        (1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED        
            ON THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE.                                         
        (2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.                                        
        (*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.  
                                                            Page 24 of 25


                                                                              
SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)     
                                                                                
                                             SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE    
                                  DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)  
                                                                                
          PREFERRED CONVERTIBLE STOCK-CABLEVISION SYS CV P                      
                                                                                
          GABELLI FUNDS, INC.                                                   
               THE GABELLI COUCH POTATO FUND                                    
                                10/17/96            1,000-           21.5743    
          GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.                                                 
                                10/09/96            2,000-           22.5000    
                                10/02/96              300-           24.3750    
                                 9/11/96              500            25.1250    
                                                                                
                                                                                

























          (1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED        
              ON THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE.                                         
                                                                                
          (2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.                                        

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