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Disney And Cox Agree To Carriage Deal That Includes TV Everywhere And VOD

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday December 13, 2012 @ 3:22pm PSTTags: Cox Communications, Disney

The arrangement, which the companies call a “new early renewal,” is similar to ones that Disney cut this year with Comcast and Cablevision: It’s a “long-term” arrangement, covers 70-plus networks and services (including ABC, ESPN, and the planned ABC News/Univision Joint Venture), and it enables Cox to offer more content via VOD and TV Everywhere. The cable company has rights to offer in-home and out-of-home viewing on computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming consoles for Disney’s line of Watch services: WatchESPN becomes available today, and next week it will introduce WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney XD and WATCH Disney Junior. Cox will have WATCH ABC and WATCH ABC Family when they’re launched. In addition, customers who are at home can use the Cox TV Connect app on their iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices to watch live broadcasts of ESPNEWS and ESPN Classic. The number of channels on Cox TV Connect rises to 90 on Monday. Cox is “enabling our customers to access their favorite news, sports and entertainment video content whenever and wherever they want it,” says its Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Mark Greatrex.

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Cox Agrees To Carry TWC SportsNet

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday November 4, 2012 @ 7:01pm PSTTags: Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable SportsNet

BREAKING… Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable SportsNet have come to terms for the cabler to carry the sports channel and its Spanish-language sibling Deportes. That leaves DirecTV and Dish as the final holdouts among major providers. Last week … Read More »

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Starz And Encore Launch TV Everywhere Services On Cox Systems

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday October 8, 2012 @ 12:55pm PDTTags: Cox Communications, Encore, Starz

Englewood, Colo., October 8, 2012 – Starz Entertainment announced today the launch of the STARZ PLAY and ENCORE PLAY authenticated online services. The company made the announcement with Cox Communications, the first multichannel video provider to offer the service. STARZ PLAY and ENCORE PLAY services are available today for all Cox Communications customers in United States. Starz expects to launch MOVIEPLEX and MOVIEPLEX PLAY with Cox and announce additional launch agreements with its distribution partners in the future.

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Cox Scraps ESPN And Other Pricey Channels For New Low-Cost Tier

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday January 23, 2012 @ 3:35pm PSTTags: Cox Communications, ESPN, Pay TV Channels

This is a fast-growing trend — and a worrisome one for many cable channels at risk of losing viewers, monthly payments from pay TV distributors, and advertising. But cable and satellite companies including Comcast and Time Warner Cable say … Read More »

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Will Cable Companies Team Up With Sprint To Offer Wireless Services?

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday August 19, 2011 @ 8:40am PDTTags: AT&T, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt

Cable and telecom execs are buzzing this morning about the possibility of a major deal involving Sprint Nextel that could help cable operators offer wireless services along with the standard “triple play” options: TV, wired broadband, and wired … Read More »

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Pac-12 To Launch Network in 2012

By PATRICK HIPES, Managing Editor | Wednesday July 27, 2011 @ 6:08pm PDTTags: Bright House Networks, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable

The Pac-12 Conference, which until July 1 was known as the Pacific-10 Conference, announced today that it is forming a national and regional sports network to launch in August 2012 that will broadcast 850 sporting events a year, including every … Read More »

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