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Cox Communications, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 1962
Headquarters 1400 Lake Hearn Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30319 U.S.A.
Key people Patrick J. Esser, President
James C. Kennedy, Chairman
Anne Cox Chambers, Director
Industry Telecommunications
Products Cable Television, Broadband Internet, VoIP
Revenue $7. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Patrick J 'Pat' Esser is the President of Cox Communications. James Cox Kennedy is the CEO and chairman of Cox Enterprises, the media conglomerate founded by his grandfather James M Anne Cox Chambers (born December 1, 1919) is a billionaire media proprietor For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just Broadband, is high-speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over a Modem Voice-over-Internet protocol ( VoIP, vɔɪp is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 054B (2005) [1]
Net income Not currently available
Owner Cox Enterprises
Employees 22,350 (2004)
Website http://www.cox.com

Cox Communications, also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property Cox Enterprises is the successor to the Publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Cox Enterprises is the successor to the Publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 5. 9 million customers, including 2. 9 million digital cable subscribers, 3. 5 million Internet subscribers, and 2. 2 million digital telephone subscribers. [3] Its animated spokesman is named Digital Max. Digital Max is since 2005 the official Mascot for Cox Communications.

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History

Corporate logo through 2007
Corporate logo through 2007

Cox Enterprises expanded into the cable television industry in 1962 by purchasing a number of cable systems in Lewistown, Lock Haven and Tyrone, Pennsylvania, followed by systems in California, Oregon and Washington. Lewistown is a Borough located on the Juniata River, 61 miles (98 km northwest of Harrisburg in Mifflin County Pennsylvania. Lock Haven is a city in and the County seat of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Tyrone is a Borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, 15 miles (24 km northeast of Altoona, on the Little Juniata River. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The subsidiary company, Cox Broadcasting Corporation (later to be renamed), was not officially formed until 1964, when it was established as a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City.

In 1999 Cox acquired the cable television assets of Media General in Fairfax County and Fredericksburg, Virginia. Media General Inc. is a Media company based in the Southeastern United States.

In 2000 Cox Communications acquired Multimedia Cablevision with assets in Kansas, Oklahoma and North Carolina. Multimedia Inc is a now-defunct media company that owned 10 daily Newspapers three weekly newspapers two Radio stations five Television stations

On November 1, 2005, Cox announced the sale of all of its Texas, Missouri, Mississippi and North Carolina properties, as well as some systems in Arkansas, California, Louisiana and Oklahoma to Cebridge Communications. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The sale closed in 2006 and those systems were transitioned by their new owner from Cox branding to Suddenlink Communications. Suddenlink Communications, formerly Cebridge Connections, is a top-10 cable broadband provider in the United States with approximately 1

On May 14, 2007, Cox announced that they had sold their investment in Discovery Communications for the Travel Channel, related assets, and $1. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Discovery Communications LLC (DCL is an American global media and entertainment company that began as a single channel the Discovery Channel, launched in 1985 3 billion. [4]

In 2007, Diversity Inc. magazine named Cox Communications #25 in its Top 50 Companies for Diversity. Cox climbed to the sixth position on Diversity Inc's 2008 list. [5] Also in 2008, Cox was named #8 on the Top 10 Companies for African Americans. [6]

Other business units

Privatization

In 2004, Cox Enterprises announced its intention to purchase those shares of Cox Communications which they did not own. A $6. 6 Billion tender offer was completed in December of that year, and Cox Communications has been a wholly owned subisidary since. [7] This represents the second time Cox has been taken private by Cox Enterprises.

Residential Services

Video

Cox distributes standard definition and high definition cable television programming, including Digital Cable. Digital cable is a type of Cable television distribution using Digital Video compression. [8] Cox has no plans to discontinue an analog level of service as part of the DTV transition. [9] Cox launched Digital Cable on its Orange County system in 1997. In February, 2008 Cox started to implement Switched Digital Video (SDV) technology in some of their markets, making much of their digital cable incompatible with CableCard. Switched Video, also called Switched Digital Video or SDV is a Telecommunications industry term for a network scheme for distributing Digital CableCARD is a plug-in card approximately the size of a credit card that allows consumers in the United States to view and record Digital cable television channels on Digital

Digital Video Recorder

Cox offers Digital Video Recorder service, provided using Motorola or Scientific Atlanta equipment depending on the local market. A digital video recorder ( DVR) or personal video recorder ( PVR) is a device that records video in a digital format to a Disk drive or other [10]

OnDemand

Cox offers video on demand service in the majority of its markets under the name On Demand. Video on demand ( VOD) or Audio video on demand ( AVOD) systems allow users to select and watch/listen On Demand offerings vary by market and by operator, and some markets include High Definition. Cox offers replays of ABC and NBC programming in some markets while Comcast includes offerings BBC America and CBS. Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone BBC America is an American Television network owned and operated by BBC Worldwide Americas, and available on both cable and satellite CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. [11]

High Speed Internet

Cox offers three levels of High Speed Internet in all of its markets, Value, Preferred and Premier. Cox initially launched High Speed Internet in 1996 in its Orange County system. [12] Cox licensed the PowerBoost technology in 2007 and offers it on the Preferred and Premier level of service. [13] Top service download speeds are between 12 and 15 Mbit/s. Cox High Speed Internet won the PC Magazine Readers' Choice Award for High Speed Internet in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007. [14]

Digital Telephone

Cox offers telephone service in the majority of its footprint. The technology varies between circuit switched and VoIP depending on market. [15] Cox has won multiple J. D. Power and Associates award for it's telephone service [16]

Current systems

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California

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Georgia

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Kansas

Louisiana

Nebraska

Nevada

New England

Ohio

Oklahoma

Virginia

External links

References

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  2. ^ NCTA Top 25 MSO's
  3. ^ Cox 2007 Q2 News Release
  4. ^ Press release announcing sale of the Travel Channel to Cox Communications..
  5. ^ The 2008 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity, Retrieved on April 6, 2008
  6. ^ No. 25: Cox Communications
  7. ^ System Dominoes - 5/2/2005 - Multichannel News
  8. ^ Cox Communications - High Speed Internet services in Cox Communications
  9. ^ Analog is Dead. Long Live Analog - 2/18/2008 8:22:00 AM - Multichannel News
  10. ^ Cox Faces HDTV Set-Top Shortages - 2/6/2008 11:47:00 AM - Multichannel News
  11. ^ NBC Shows to Be Available On-Demand for Cox Subscribers - 9/24/2007 12:53:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable
  12. ^ Joe Rooney: Making a Bundle - 12/10/2007 - Broadcasting & Cable
  13. ^ Cox High Speed Internet Customers Get PowerBoost(TM). - Free Online Library
  14. ^ Trustworthy Tech - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
  15. ^ Voice over Internet Protocol: Ready for Prime Time
  16. ^ Cox Digital Telephone Receives J.D. Power and Associates' Highest Honor in the West Two Years in a Row | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET.com
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