7 posts and columns on Cox Communications

Zou Bisou! Netflix Says It Brought a Million New Viewers to “Mad Men.”

in Media on May 23 at 9:01 am PT

Netflix, under fire for stealing eyeballs away from TV, says it’s boosting ratings for new shows.
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Five Cable Firms to Share Wi-Fi Hot Spots

in News on May 21 at 11:39 am PT

Five large cable operators said Monday they will join forces to give customers access to each other’s wireless Internet hot spots in the most sweeping Wi-Fi roaming agreement struck by the industry to date.

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Verizon Wireless Buys Spectrum From Cox

in Mobile on December 16, 2011 at 10:04 am PT

Verizon Wireless will buy airwave rights covering 28 million people from cable-television provider Cox Communications Inc. for $315 million, the companies said, the latest chapter in an unusual tie-up between the cellular giant and cable companies.

Cox Giving Up Completely on Wireless Business

in News on November 16, 2011 at 1:07 pm PT

The cable operator, which earlier this year stopped operating its own cellular network and began reselling Sprint service, now plans to exit the cellphone business entirely.
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Cox Abandoning Effort for Own 3G Network; Sticking With Sprint Reseller Deal Instead

in News on May 24, 2011 at 4:33 pm PT

The cable company says the move will allow it to offer service faster and reach its goal of offering wireless service to half its customer base this year. Cox declined to comment on what it plans to do with its spectrum or how much it had spent on the effort to build its own network.
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ShameBob Unfairpants

in News on May 9, 2007 at 1:20 am PT

OK, is it just me, or do media executives need a firm smack upside the head by consumers? Yesterday, Walt Disney’s ABC broadcast network and ESPN cable sports channel announced a deal at the Cable Show in Las Vegas to provide free on-demand video of hit shows and other content to Cox Communications, one of [...]