(SAN DIEGO) September 30, 2009 – Just as college football gets into full swing, Cox Communications announced that Cox High Speed Internet and Cox Business Internet customers in San Diego will have access to ESPN360.com beginning September 30, 2009. 

ESPN360.com is ESPN's 24/7 broadband sports network, which offers more than 3,500 live, global sports events annually.  The majority of the events are exclusive to ESPN360.com, archived for 24 hours up to one week, and viewers have the ability to chat live with each other. ESPN360.com will be available at no cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet service from Cox. 

ESPN360.com features the following live online sports coverage:

• Football - NCAA College Football, AFL;
• Basketball - NBA, Euroleague, FIBA, NCAA Men’s and Women’s basketball, WNBA;
• Global Soccer -   FIFA World Cup events and global qualifiers, Confederations Cup, Football League (UK), Carling Cup (UK), La Liga (Spain), Italian Serie A, Portuguese Liga Sagres, MLS, US National team, international “friendlies” and more;
• Global Baseball - MLB, World Baseball Classic, College World Series, Little League World Series;
• Tennis -  multi-court coverage of all four “grand slam” events and select other tennis events;
• Golf - extensive coverage of the US Open, The Masters, The Open Championship and more;
• Lacrosse -  Major League Lacrosse, NCAA College Lacrosse;
• Misc. Sports -  X Games and Winter X Games, NCAA Hockey and Softball, Open-wheel Racing, Professional Racquetball, International Polo and more.

”With the addition of ESPN360, Cox customers in San Diego will have access to more than 400 football games, including tons of free high-definition action,” said Colette Jelineo, Vice President of Marketing for Cox San Diego. “And the best part is that ESPN360 is available for free to our high-speed Internet customers.”

Through a sleek, simple video player accessible via ESPN360.com, the service gives consumers control over their broadband sports viewing experience – providing reliable, high-quality video and the ability to pause, rewind and fast-forward live events.  With the ability to deliver up to 15 simultaneous live events, fans are able to toggle between events in a main viewing window, and with a single click, jump to another event. Video can be viewed in widescreen (16:9) and normal (4:3) views and can be expanded to full screen or reduced to a compact size.  Recently completed events are archived and available for on-demand replay.

Cox customers can visit www.cox.com/espn360 from their home computer or a computer served by Cox Business Internet service to learn more and link to the ESPN360 content. 

About Cox Communications San Diego:
Award-winning Cox Communications is a full-service telecommunications provider of voice, video and data services. Operating in San Diego County since 1961, Cox offers the latest in digital and high definition cable television, high speed Internet, local and long distance telephone service, digital video recorder service and On Demand programming.  Commercial voice and data services are offered via Cox Business; advertising and promotional opportunities are available through Cox Media; and Cox Communications San Diego owns and operates award-winning Channel 4 San Diego, television home of the San Diego Padres and local programming including:  Postgame Show; Sam the Cooking Guy; San Diego Insider Magazine; Shades of San Diego; Brainwave; and One on One with Jane Mitchell.. For more information, visit www.cox.com or www.4sd.com.

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