Cox beefs up customer’s High Definition channel line up with the launch of 12 new HD channels

In addition to new HD channels, Cox is adding many standard channels too

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PHOENIX Dec. 17, 2008 – Just in time for the holiday’s Cox Communications is launching 12 new High Definition (HD) channels valley wide. The new HD channels have recently come on line in Casa Grande and North Scottsdale and will be rolled out throughout the Valley during the coming months.

“We know that prices for High Definition TVs are falling and will be on the top of many wish lists this year. Our HDTV customers can continue to count on Cox Arizona to provide the best and most popular high definition programming,” said Ivan Johnson, vice president of Community Relations & TeleVideo, Cox Communications Arizona.

The new HD channels include:
- AMC – Chan. 743
- Travel – Chan. 748
- Spike – Chan. 767
- Bravo – Chan. 760
- NFL – Chan. 766*
- MTV – Chan. 717
- Sci Fi – Chan. 750
- HGTV – Chan. 741
- CNN – Chan. 736
- Planet Green – Chan. 764
- TLC – Chan. 742
- Versus – Chan. 769
*customer must subscribe to Sports & Info tier.

In addition to respond to customer requests, Cox will also be adding new standard definition channels to several tiers.

The new standard channels include:

- MLB Network - Chan. 175 (available to all Cox Digital customers w/ Gateway)

Sports/Info Tier:
- Fox Business News - Chan. 174

Variety Tier:
- WEtv (west feed) - Chan. 180
- Style (west feed) - Chan. 181
- PBS Kids Sprout - Chan. 182
- Chiller - Chan. 184
- SiTV - Chan. 185

“Our goal is to provide top notch service to our customers, while continuously enhancing our products such as video, telephone and high speed Internet,” said Johnson.

Cox Communications Arizona
Cox Communications 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.