Cox Communication News

Cox Communications announced today that HD customers now have free access to many of NBC's hottest shows anytime, On Demand, in high-definition. The new HD content added to MyPrimetime in Cox's On DEMAND library includes episodes of The Office, 30 Rock, Community, Parks and Recreation, Mercy and Heroes .

Orange County Health Care Agency holds vaccination clinic at Cox Communications.

Fiona Schlachter was hired as director of operations at CleanLaunch. CLEANLAUNCH: The clean- tech incubator hired Fiona Schlachter as its director of operations.

Cox Media, the advertising services division of Cox Communications, Inc., announced today that it has appointed Mike Zeigler to the position of vice president of operations.

Rembrandt IP Management LLC 's bid to squeeze royalties and license fees out of several major U.S. cable operators and cable modem vendors has failed, after a Delaware judge rejected Rembrandt's claims that the cable group was infringing on several data-over-cable technology patents.

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. said Friday that its third-quarter net income rose 14 percent to $65.3 million, or 39 cents a share, compared $57.3 million, or 35 cents a share, in the same quarter last year.

Cox Communications announced it is increasing rates for cable and Internet service for its Acadiana customers.

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. plans to buy a controlling stake in the Travel Channel under a deal with Cox Communications Inc, adding to its lineup of cable channels such as the Food Network and HGTV.

Village on Main, the $60 million retail, office, residential and hotel development planned for Jenks, is set to receive what could possibly become the largest privately funded WiFi hot zone in the state.

Cox Communications has created Cox Charities, a new charitable giving initiative that will support non-profit organizations focused on youth and education programs in the Hampton Roads and Roanoke regions.

Bitstream, Inc., announced today that Cox Communications, the nation`s third largest cable operator, has licensed Bitstream`s FontFusion technology, Bitstream typefaces and the Tiresias screenfont for use in its interactive program guide.

News Corp. may drop out of bidding for the Travel Channel because it isn't willing to pay the $1.1 billion being sought by owner Cox Communications.

Local businesses, community and political leaders have joined with Cox Communications to record public service announcements to remind Northwest Florida residents of the value and importance of the region.

Just about every keynote speaker at SUPERCOMM has mentioned education and the important role broadband will play in it.

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Parents should talk to their children about Internet safety - even if their children don't want to discuss it.

Two big MSOs are in the midst of two big deals involving networks. Cox Communications is set to sell the Travel Channel, and may get over $900 million for it, while Comcast is negotiating to buy a controlling interest in NBC-Universal. The two most frequently mentioned bidders for the Travel Channel are News Corp.

Cox Communications is expected to command close to a billion dollars for the Travel Channel, people close to the bidding war for the channel said on Thursday.

Phone service to the Greater Williamsburg Chamber and Tourism Alliance and the Holiday Inn Express on Bypass Road is out because of an equipment failure.

Cox Communications Inc. may soon have some extra travel money in its pocket as the auction for its Travel Channel Media cable network approaches a finale.