Atlanta, GA – July 27, 2012 – Just in time for the opening ceremony, Cox Communications has added the NBC Olympic Spotlight interactive specialty channel for its Advanced TV subscribers. The NBC Olympic Spotlight will provide customers a mosaic of live video panels from NBC Universal coverage of the 2012 London Olympics all on one screen. NBC Universal’s networks include NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, NBC and Telemundo.

While tuned to NBC Olympic Spotlight customers can toggle between the video panes to tune into the audio, maximizing their opportunity to catch all of NBCUniversal's coverage of live events, real-time medal counts, athlete bios, team USA reports, Olympic news and more. By highlighting a video pane and then pressing select on the remote, customers can choose a channel to then watch full screen.

NBC Olympic Spotlight augments NBC Universal’s 5,535 hours of unprecedented multiplatform coverage of the 2012 London Olympics available to Cox customers live and OnDEMAND, across multiple digital, mobile and tablet platforms, and for the first time ever, over 200 hours of the Games will be available in 3D.

Cox's offers three specialty "Zone Channels" to its Advanced TV subscribers as part of its interactive TV offering: the Kids Zone, News Zone and Sports Zone channels. NBC Olympic Spotlight will reside on the Sports Zone through the closing ceremony. Each Zone Channel combines channels of a specific genre in one place, allowing customers to quickly find programming to meet their interest. 

About NBC Olympics

A division of the NBC Sports Group, NBC Olympics is responsible for producing, programming and promoting NBCUniversal's Olympic coverage. It is renowned for its unsurpassed Olympic heritage, award-winning production, and ability to aggregate the largest audiences in U.S. television history.

Having produced every Summer Olympics since Seoul in 1988 and every Winter Olympics since Salt Lake City in 2002, the networks of NBCUniversal are synonymous with the Games in the United States. In 2011, NBCUniversal acquired the U.S. media rights on all platforms to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the conclusion of the 2020 Games, NBCUniversal will have presented 17 total Olympic Games and 11 consecutive, the most for a U.S. media company in both categories.

NBC has won an unprecedented 91 Emmy Awards for its Olympics coverage, as well as a prestigious Peabody Award for its presentation of the Beijing Opening Ceremony in 2008, which USA Today said was “the best overall Olympic experience ever provided by a U.S. network.”

In addition to its unsurpassed heritage and award-winning production, NBCUniversal is known for aggregating large Olympic audiences, as nine of the top 11 most-watched U.S. television events of all time are Olympic Games presented across the networks of NBCUniversal. The Beijing Summer Olympics rank No. 1 with 215 million viewers.

Acerca de Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a broadband communications and entertainment company, providing advanced digital video, Internet and telephone services over its own nationwide IP network. The third-largest U.S. cable TV company, Cox serves approximately 6 million residences and businesses. Cox Business is a facilities-based provider of voice, video and data solutions for commercial customers, and Cox Media is a full-service provider of national and local cable spot and new media advertising.

Cox is known for its pioneering efforts in cable telephone and commercial services, industry-leading customer care and its outstanding workplaces. For seven years, Cox has been recognized as the top operator for women by Women in Cable Telecommunications; Cox has ranked among DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity seven times, including the last six years. More information about Cox Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is available at www.cox.com/espanol y www.coxmedia.com.

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Cox Communications Media Contact:

Amy Quinn, (404) 269-5728, Amy.Quinn@cox.com

NBCUniversal Content Distribution Media Contacts:

Alyssa Corcoran, (201) 735-3568, Alyssa.Corcoran@nbcuni.com

Christine Reisner, (201) 735-3637, Christine.Reisner@nbcuni.com