Cox Communications to Launch Interactive Television in Up to Five Markets This Year.ATLANTA -- Consumers in Cox's Gulf Coast Market First to Experience iTV This Spring 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. announced today plans to launch interactive television, iTV, in up to five of its markets by the end of 2005. The first cable system to launch will be Cox's Gulf Coast operation this spring. The system serves customers in Pensacola, Destin, Ft. Walton Beach and other communities along Florida's panhandle panhandle, in geography, a strip of land projecting from the main body of an area and shaped like the handle of a pan, such as the panhandles of West Virginia, Texas, and Alaska. . Interactive Television or iTV refers to a group of applications accessible on the television using the existing remote control. iTV is not a stand-alone product but rather a platform for providing interactive applications that enhance the television viewing experience. iTV provides a much richer entertainment experience by combining traditional TV viewing with the interactivity of the Internet and/or personal computer. "iTV will further enhance the value of Cox Digital Cable with new and exciting applications," said David Pugliese, Cox's vice president of product marketing and management. "It provides access and convenience so customers can easily find valuable information not traditionally available via TV and view the information using a remote control." As part of its iTV launch, Cox will provide a valuable suite of new services to existing Cox Digital Cable customers. Some of the services that will be available at launch include: --Local weather forecasts --News headlines --Movie theatre listings --Horoscopes --View/pay your bill --Order Cox services --Customer support --Email viewer Cox will continue to enhance its iTV offerings with additional applications that will provide its customers with even more entertainment and convenience. These additional applications such as TV caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. and TV games will be made available to Cox Digital Cable customers with iTV later this year. Cox will offer iTV to digital cable customers at no additional cost. Customers must subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; digital cable to access iTV. "iTV will enable us to provide our customers with an integrated communications experience. The interplay of Cox services and interactive viewing experience is the next phase in our bundling of services and a better way to serve our customers," added Pugliese. About Cox Communications (www.cox.com) Cox Communications Inc. is a multi-service broadband communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. with approximately 6.6 million total customers, including approximately 6.3 million basic cable subscribers. The nation's third-largest cable television provider, Cox offers analog cable television under the Cox Cable brand as well as digital video service under the Cox Digital Cable brand. Cox provides an array of other communications and entertainment services including local and long-distance telephone under the Cox Digital Telephone brand, high-speed Internet See broadband. service under the Cox High Speed Internet brand, video on demand programming, digital video recorders See DVR. , high-definition television high-definition television (HDTV) Any system producing significantly greater picture resolution than that of the ordinary 525-line (625-line in Europe) television screen. Conventional television transmits signals in analog form. and home networking. Commercial voice and data services are offered via Cox Business Services. Local cable advertising, promotional opportunities and production services are sold under the Cox Media brand. Cox is an investor in programming services including Discovery Communications Inc. Cox Communications is a wholly-owned 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. |
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