NEW ORLEANS, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights include:
- Multi-Platform Agreement Will Deliver Exclusive Saints Programs to Cox
Customers On-Demand and Online at Cox.net
- Saints Consolidate their Video, Internet and Telephone Services with New
Orleans's Leading Bundler -Cox Sports Television Enhanced with Exclusive Saints Content;
Customers of
CST Affiliates Across the Gulf South Region Benefit from new
Programming
New Orleans Saints Owner/Executive Vice President Rita Benson and Cox
Communications New Orleans Senior Vice President and General Manager Greg
Bicket announced today a long term agreement whereby the New Orleans-based
broadband telecommunications company becomes the Saints' "Exclusive
Telecommunications Provider" through March, 2011. The multi-faceted
agreement showcases the broad array of Cox's services across Saints'
promotional vehicles and at Saints' Training camp in Metairie, La., which
will exclusively use Cox Digital Cable, Cox High-Speed Internet and Cox
Digital Telephone. The agreement also enables Cox-owned regional sports
network, CST (Cox Sports Television), to continue carrying Saints
pre-season games, coach's shows, post game highlight shows, weekly press
conferences, magazine shows, Saintsations cheerleader specials and the
"Black-Gold" scrimmage. CST will continue to be "The Exclusive Regional
Sports Network Home" of the New Orleans Saints, and Cox Communications is
designated a "Patron Saints Partner" through the term of the agreement.
"We are very excited to continue and expand our relationships with Cox
Communications and CST," stated Benson. "Cox delivers great service to our
operations in Metairie, and their customers across Louisiana and the
Florida panhandle. In Post-Katrina New Orleans we all learned a great deal
about the character of each other's organizations; we know that we can
trust Cox Communications as our service provider and the distributor of
content Saints fans love."
Both the Saints and Cox will promote each other across a variety of
outlets. Cox will showcase the Saints through its website, billing
messages, customer newsletters, cross channel public service announcements
as well as billboard and radio messaging. Saints fans attending home games
in the Louisiana Super Dome will see Cox Communications signage outside the
Dome as well as Cox messaging on the score board, the game day program and
the Saints' website. Cox systems in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette,
Pensacola and Ft. Walton Beach will enjoy the use of the Saints mark and
logo in marketing and promotions throughout the term.
CST will continue to be the home for year-round Saints programming. CST
will televise a minimum of three live Saints pre-season games, the Black
and Gold Scrimmage, The Sean Payton weekly press conference; weekly Saints
in the community shows ("Outside the Huddle"), Saints post game shows
("Saints Tonight"), and the Saintsations Swimsuit Calendar Show. CST will
broadcast many of the Saints games and specials in High Definition and much
of the Saints programming will be found on the CST Video on Demand service
"CST Now!." The CST network is now available to nearly 2 million households
across the South. The Saints and Cox Communications express their
commitment to producing new Saints programming that will be available
across all Cox platforms including CST and Video on Demand.
"We are proud to see our Cox services showcased by the Saints who are
part of the heart and soul of New Orleans," stated Bicket. "Cox
Communications and the Saints share a great passion for our city and the
areas we serve. I know this partnership will continue to grow for many
years to come and that our ongoing association with the Saints will be a
huge benefit to Cox's customers and Saints fans across the panhandle."
About Cox Communications (http://www.cox.com/louisiana)
Cox Communications, a Fortune 500 company, is a multi-service broadband
communications and entertainment company with more than 5.9 million total
residential and commercial customers. Cox offers an array of advanced
digital video, high-speed Internet and telephony services over its own
nationwide IP network. Cox Business Services 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. More information about the services
of Cox Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is
available at http://www.cox.com, http://www.coxbusiness.com, and http://www.coxmedia.com
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Related links:
http://www.cox.com
http://www.coxbusiness.com http://www.coxmedia.com
http://www.cox.com/louisiana
CONTACT:
Rod Mickler, Vice President of Cox Sports
Television, +1-504-304-8112, rod.mickler@cox.com, or Brad
Grundmeyer of Cox Communications New Orleans, +1-504-304-8153,
brad.grundmeyer@cox.com, or David Grabert of Cox Communications
Corporate, +1-404-269-7054, david.grabert@cox.com, or Greg Bensel
of New Orleans Saints, +1-504-731-1794, benselg@saints.nfl.com
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