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March 13, 2008 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KPHO CBS 5 and Cox Communications present 3rd year of March Madness Multicast
All NCAA Basketball games to be broadcast live on cable TV
Phoenix, AZ (March 13, 2008) – KPHO CBS 5 and partner Cox Communications announced today they will again bring back live broadcasts of all 63 games from the NCAA basketball tournament “March Madness.”
The announcement was made by CBS 5 Vice President and General Manager Steve Hammel. “Viewer response to our March Madness multicast the last two years was so positive we knew we wanted to do it again this year,” he said. “We’re pleased that Cox Communications teamed up with us once again to offer this exceptional event to our viewers and their customers. This partnership will allow Valley basketball fans to watch the game of their choice,” added Hammel.
This year’s tournament begins Thursday, March 20th and concludes with the championship game on Monday April 7th. Viewers will have the opportunity to watch their choice of all 63 games offered on CBS.
“We are pleased to offer Valley fans the entire NCAA ‘March Madness’ basketball tournament over four channels,” said Ivan Johnson, vice president of community relations & televideo for Cox Communications Arizona.
CBS 5 and Cox are using the power of digital technology to provide this multicast on four separate channels so viewers can select the game of their choice or move from game to game. Just for the duration of the NCAA games, and to accommodate them, Cox will launch one new channel (channel 86). All games can be viewed on Cox channels 5, 705, 85 and 86. Also, beginning Thursday, March 27th many of the NCAA games will be available in high definition on Cox channel 705.
You can watch the multicast if you are a Cox digital customer or if you have a digital television with an antenna. For those viewers that do not have access to Cox, KPHO CBS 5 is working with other area cable providers to offer this event to their customers. For more information regarding game schedules, channel locations or answers to frequently asked questions go to www.kpho.com and click on the "Road to the Final Four" logo. For more information regarding Cox digital cable go to www.cox.com/arizona.
KPHO CBS 5 is owned and operated by Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP; www.meredith.com). Meredith is one of the nations leading media and marketing companies with businesses centering on magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing and interactive media. Meredith owns and operates 14 television stations that reach nearly 10 percent of television households across the country.
Cox Communications Arizona
Cox Communications Arizona is the third largest cable provider and a multi-service broadband communications company serving nearly 3 million residential and business product subscribers in Arizona (a product subscriber represents an individual service purchased by a customer). In the metro Phoenix, Cox serves approximately 2.5 million product subscribers. In Southern Arizona, Cox serves approximately 400,000 product subscribers. Cox’s 18,000-mile hybrid fiber coaxial cable network throughout Phoenix and Southern Arizona provides homes and businesses with digital television, high speed Internet, home networking, high-definition television and digital telephone service over its own nationwide IP network, as well as integrated wireless services in partnership with Sprint (NYSE: S). During the past four years, Cox has topped 10 J.D. Power and Associates’ studies of customer satisfaction. Cox Media is responsible for the sale of cable advertising throughout Arizona. Cox Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc and serves approximately 6 million customers nationwide and wholly owns and operates the Travel Channel.
Additional information about Cox in Arizona is available at www.cox.com/arizona.
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