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Cox and Hampton University Host CNN's "Black in America Tour" on Wednesday, April 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Black in America Tour Stops at Select Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
Hampton Roads, VA – Turner Network Sales (TNS), the distribution, sales and marketing arm of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), CNN and Cox Communications host the Black in America tour stop at Hampton University on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. CNN continues its commitment to groundbreaking documentaries and reporting for Black in America, which examines in-depth the often under-reported stories of the African-American experience.
The HBCU tour will include a trailer outfitted with a jumbo television screen, along with video kiosks, where participants can submit their video response to a programming-related question via iReport. There will be live DJs, a graffiti wall and electronic polling stations using questions from a CNN/Essence Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation poll. Exclusive video previews from upcoming Black in America programming will also be featured. CNN, Essence Communications and Cox Communications all will have representatives and giveaways on site. Cox Communications will also host product demonstrations and distribute drawstring backpacks, 32-oz. stadium cups, word puzzle magnets and koozies for participants.
Gary McCollum, Cox senior vice president and general manager said, "Cox is proud to partner with CNN and Hampton University to help increase awareness of this very important documentary. We are delighted to be able to bring this activity to our region."
Forty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., CNN launched a sweeping on-air and digital initiative, Black in America. This landmark program features six hours of documentaries, a weekly series of reports on CNN/U.S. and CNN International and a multimedia online effort. For more information, please visit CNN.com's interactive special section at www.CNN.com/blackinamerica. CNN.com's special section for the HBCU tour is available at www.CNN.com/blackinamerica/hbcu..
"We are honored to partner with Cox Communications to bring the Black in America tour to the Hampton University campus," said Gary Brockman, vice president of network marketing and operations, TNS. "This tour highlights the importance of the experience and education this series of documentaries from CNN presents, as well as the opportunity to help Cox Communications further enhance its relationships with the Hampton University and the people of Hampton Roads."
About Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company with more than 6.2 million total residential and commercial customers. The third-largest cable television company in the United States, Cox offers an array of advanced digital video, high-speed Internet and telephony services over its own nationwide IP network, as well as integrated wireless services. Cox Business is a full-service, facilities-based provider of communications solutions for commercial customers, providing high-speed Internet, voice and long distance services, as well as data and video transport services for small to large-sized businesses. Cox Media offers national and local cable advertising in traditional spot and new media formats, along with promotional opportunities and production services. Cox Communications wholly owns and operates the Travel Channel. More information about the services of Cox Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is available at www.cox.com, www.coxbusiness.com, and www.coxmedia.com. In Hampton Roads, Cox has more than 400,000 basic cable subscribers.
About Turner Broadcasting
CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media. Turner Network Sales (TNS), a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is responsible for the sales and marketing of Turner's 10 domestic basic cable networks – TBS, CNN, Headline News, TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, CNN International, CNN en Español, Boomerang and truTV – to cable and satellite affiliates and special markets throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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