AccessOKC.com Launches Broadband Site for Cox High Speed Internet Service.Business Editors OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2002 Broadband programming provides relevant local content for Cox broadband customers, delivers greater reach to advertisers AccessOKC.com announced today that it has launched broadband content programming for a new Cox High Speed Internet(SM) service operated by Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : COX) in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm . Cox High Speed Internet locally-focused home page programming, created and managed by AccessOKC.com, is now available on the new home "start pages" for Cox High Speed Internet customers. In adding to programming that includes local and national search, movie and restaurant guides, local weather, classifieds, local and national news, local event calendars, sports and recreation guides, stock updates and other useful content is special broadband content -- such as movie trailers, music videos and games. Also, Cox Internet customers can refer to their "start" page to quickly learn about upcoming Cox High Speed Internet service changes as well as new products. "Our new broadband programming offers significant benefits to both Cox High Speed Internet customers and AccessOKC.com advertisers," said Brian Blansett, studio manager. "Cox Internet customers now have immediate access to useful, relevant local content, as well as new broadband programming that leverages their high-speed Internet See broadband. connection. For our advertisers, the broadband programming delivers more of a reach in our market." Linda Hansen, regional sales director, noted that the launch of broadband programming in Oklahoma City has had an immediate, significant impact on its traffic. For example, unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. increased by 60 percent in the week after the site launched Dec. 27, 2001 while daily page views increased by 136 percent. Notably, OCnow.com visitor frequency has also increased dramatically in this Cox High Speed Internet market. For example, comparing January 2001 to January 2002, visitor frequency in this market has increased by 168 percent. Additional broadband versions of city sites were launched as start pages for Cox High Speed Internet customers in a total of 10 markets served by Cox Interactive Media: AccessArizona.com, Phoenix, Ariz. AccessOKC.com, Oklahoma City Allnva.com, Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. DiscoverOmaha.com, Omaha, Neb. HRtide.com, Hampton Roads Hampton Roads, roadstead, 4 mi (6.4 km) long and 40 ft (12.2 m) deep, SE Va., through which the waters of the James, Nansemond, and Elizabeth rivers pass into Chesapeake Bay. , Va. InsideNewOrleans.com, New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded OCnow.com, Orange County, Calif. OSO OSO Onsala Space Observatory OSO Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO Office of Satellite Operations (US Department of Commerce, NOAA) OSO OverScan Operation (VXA Technology) .com, Providence, R.I. SDinsider.com, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif. VegasValley.com, Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. In 10 Cox Communications markets that were not previously served by CIMedia, Cox High Speed Internet service start pages are branded SimplyLocal.com. New broadband programming in these markets includes: -- BatonRouge.SimplyLocal.com, (http://batonrouge.simplyloca l.com), Baton Rouge, La. -- Cleveland.SimplyLocal.com, (http://cleveland.simplylocal .com), Cleveland, Ohio -- Connecticut.SimplyLocal.com, (http://connecticut.simplyloc al.com) Connecticut -- Humboldt.SimplyLocal.com, (http://humboldt.simplylocal. com), Humboldt County, Calif. -- MiddleGeorgia.SimplyLocal.com , (http://middlegeorgia.simplyl ocal.com), Macon/Middle Georgia -- PalosVerdes.SimplyLocal.com, (http://palosverdes.simplyloc al.com), Palos Verdes, Calif. -- Roanoke.SimplyLocal.com, (http://roanoke.simplylocal.c om), Roanoke, Va. -- SantaBarbara.SimplyLocal.com, (http://santabarbara.simplylo cal.com), Santa Barbara, Calif. -- Tucson.SimplyLocal.com, (http://tucson.simplylocal.co m), Tucson, Ariz. -- WestTexas.SimplyLocal.com, (http://westtexas.simplylocal .com), West Texas Additional regions targeted to have local content from CIMedia by the middle of 2002 are: Bakersfield, Calif. North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Wichita, NE & SE Kansas Gainesville, Fla. Fredericksburg, Va. Sun Valley, Central South & Upper Louisiana SE Texas and NW Idaho The Cox High Speed Internet service was developed in response to the bankruptcy proceedings bankruptcy proceedings n. the bankruptcy procedure is: a) filing a petition (voluntary or involuntary) to declare a debtor person or business bankrupt, or, under Chapter 11 or 13, to allow reorganization or refinancing under a plan to meet the debts of the party of Excite@Home, a vendor that partnered with Cox Communications, Inc. in the delivery of high speed Internet service in the majority of Cox's markets across the country. Cox's new self-managed network, which supports the service, is designed to ensure enhanced performance, long-term service stability and superior customer service. The network also supports broadband telecommunications solutions offered to commercial customers through Cox Business Services. CIMedia broadband programming for Cox High Speed Internet is being deployed rapidly in conjunction with the new service. In December 2001, Cox successfully transitioned its first residential customers to the Cox High Speed Internet service in Roanoke, Va. Plans are underway to transition the remainder of Cox@Home high-speed Internet customers to the new service by the end of March. Cox@Home customers nationwide have received conversion kits that contain all of the information and resources necessary to transition to Cox High Speed Internet. About Cox Interactive Media Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) operates a network of 20 award-winning websites, including nine sites in the top 25 markets and 16 in the top 50. CIMedia also delivers broadband programming in 20 markets for the Cox High Speed Internet service operated by Cox Communications, Inc. The CIMedia network is available to 33 percent of adult Internet users among the top 50 most populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. U.S. markets and reaches close to 7 million unique visitors each month. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., CIMedia (www.cimedia.com) was launched in January 1997 and is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late , Inc. Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's leading media companies with more than 100 TV stations, radio stations, and newspapers in the U.S. About Cox Communications Cox Communications, Inc., (NYSE: COX) a Fortune 500 company, serves approximately 6.2 million customers nationwide, making it the nation's fifth largest cable television company. A full-service provider of telecommunications products, Cox offers an array of services, including Cox Cable; local and long distance telephone services under the Cox Digital Telephone brand; high-speed Internet access under the brands Cox High Speed Internet, Cox@Home, Road Runner road runner: see cuckoo. Road Runner thrives on outwitting Wile E. Coyote. [Comics: “Beep Beep the Road Runner” in Horn, 105] See : Cunning Road Runner and Cox Express; advanced digital video programming services under the Cox Digital Cable brand; and commercial voice and data services via Cox Business Services. Cox is an investor in programming networks including Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. More information about Cox Communications can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com. |
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