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Verizon Cuts Another Cable Spectrum Deal, $315 Million To Cox

By Tom Krazit Dec. 17, 2011, 12:09am Comments Off

Verizon has found more wireless spectrum in the cable industry. It has signed a deal with Cox to acquire wireless spectrum in exchange for $… Read More »

So Much For Quad-Play: Cox To Halt Cox Wireless Service

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 16, 2011, 5:08pm Comments Off

When the cable operator Cox launched its “unbelievably fair” wireless service in the U.S. a year ago, we asked right off whether the company… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 5-25-11: 4G; Cox; Nokia / ZTE; Sony; Instagram; AdSense

By Ingrid Lunden May. 25, 2011, 2:34pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Cox drops 3G; UK gears up for first LTE trial; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and ZTE scramble to put… Read More »

Secretive Company Sues The Cable Industry, Claiming It Owns Patents On VOD

By Joe Mullin Jan. 25, 2011, 7:09am Comments Off

Back in November, a little-known Virginia company named Pragmatus AV sued Facebook, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG), LinkedIn, and Photobucket over pat… Read More »

Cox Brings Its Video-On-Demand Library To TiVo

By Joseph Tartakoff Aug. 12, 2010, 11:18pm Comments Off

Cox Communications is allying with TiVo: The big cable company says it will bring its On Demand movie service, which provides subscribers wi… Read More »

Cox’s Wireless Service To Go Live In March, Starts ‘Unbelievably Fair’ Ad Blitz

By Tameka Kee Jan. 14, 2010, 10:44pm Comments Off

More details about Cox Communications’ forthcoming wireless service, as the company is trying to build some buzz with a new ad campaign. The… Read More »

Scripps Networks To Acquire 65 Percent Of Travel Channel; Network Valued At $975 Million

By Staci D. Kramer Nov. 5, 2009, 7:29pm Comments Off

It’s official: Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) will acquire a 65 percent stake in the Travel Channel from Cox Communications. The d… Read More »

Bids For Travel Channel Lot Higher Than Expected; Scripps, News Corp and Others

By Rafat Ali Sep. 3, 2009, 5:33am Comments Off

Bids for Travel Channel, in the middle of a bidding process started by its parent Cox, have come in “substantially ahead of initial expectat… Read More »

Travel Channel Bidding: Scripps, NBCU & News Corp in Line; IAC, TW May Join Later

By Rafat Ali Aug. 20, 2009, 9:33am 2 Comments

The sale process of Cox-owned Travel Channel is heating up, as the first round of bids have come in: among them, the obvious names of News… Read More »

Cox Sells Three Newspapers; Looking To Sell Majority In Travel Channel

By Rafat Ali Jul. 16, 2009, 10:11am Comments Off

Cox Enterprises, the Atlanta-based diversified media company, has sold off three of its newspapers: Waco Tribune-Herald to Robinson Media Co… Read More »

Cox Joins The Club By Showing Interest In App Stores, Mobile Video

By Tricia Duryee Apr. 8, 2009, 9:47pm Comments Off

Cox Communications, the third-largest U.S. cable operator with six million subscribers, has made the decision to enter the highly competitiv… Read More »

Cox Says It Will Apply Learnings From Previous Failures In New Wireless Venture

By Matt Kapko Dec. 5, 2008, 12:38am Comments Off

Cox Communications, which is the third-largest U.S. cable provider with 6 million customers, is making another go at launching wireless serv… Read More »

Cox Communications Betting $500 Million — And Then Some — On Ambitious Cellphone Service

Cox Hints At Wireless Network Plans: “Wireless Is Straight From Our Offensive Playbook”

Cox Communications May Build Out Wireless Network

Interview: Joelle Kaufman, VP, Marketing, Adify; Cox Enterprises Offers Incentives To Retain Execs

Online Ad Network Adify Sold To Cox For $300 Million Plus Earnout