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TMCNet: Cox Business Provides Wired and Wireless Broadband Internet for 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon Live

[August 22, 2010]

Cox Business Provides Wired and Wireless Broadband Internet for 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon Live

Aug 23, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Cox Business, a provider of internet and network services, and Hospitality Network, a provider of in-room guest video and data technology services to the hotel-gaming industry, announced their joint support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.

According to Cox Business, the companies are providing a 100 Mbps wired and wireless Internet connection for administrative and production staff of the annual Labor Day broadcast originating in Las Vegas on September 5-6 from the South Coast Hotel and Casino. The retail value of the donated Internet services totals $90,000.

"We've been providing Internet connectivity to the MDA Telethon for the last five years," noted Mike Bolognini, VP of Cox Business and Hospitality Network in Las Vegas. "Support of children and families is very much in alignment with our existing corporate values, and knowing that we can help 'Jerry's Kids' in this way makes us feel very good about being a technology provider." During the 21.5-hour Telethon, MDA staff will be using wired and wireless Internet from the Advanced Convention Services segment of Cox Business / Hospitality Network to communicate with the more than 170 television stations that constitute the Telethon's "Love Network." In addition, MDA staff will transmit photos and press materials to over 1,000 broadcast and print media across the country using the company's Internet connection and telecommunications infrastructure.

"Live television is full of surprises," said Telethon Producer Lee Miller. "We rely on Cox Communications because our real-time dialogue challenge gets multiplied by a factor exceeding 170, since that many television and cable stations across the country need to stay in constant contact with our production team." Support of youth and education programs is the cornerstone of community outreach at Cox Communications. The company is a founding member of Cable in the Classroom, a national non-profit organization that provides commercial-free TV programming and online resources to students, teachers and administrators in 71,000 public and private schools. Schools in Cox systems receive free cable programming along with other in-kind services and direct cash contributions that total millions of dollars annually. Cox's total national in-kind and direct cash contributions exceed $100 million annually, with a community outreach focus on youth and education initiatives.

The 2010 MDA Telethon will be broadcast live from South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Labor Day weekend. The show will begin Sunday, September 5th at 9 pm EDT/6 pm PDT and conclude on Monday, September 6th at 6:30 pm EDT/3:30 pm PDT.

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