Cox Communications launches TFC & Filipino On Demand in Arizona

Nov. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Cox Communications Arizona has launched The Filipino Channel (TFC), the number one premium Filipino channel in the United States.  Cox customers in the Phoenix metro area, Tucson, Southern Arizona (including Sierra Vista) can find TFC on channel 481.  The debut of TFC is boosted with the offer of Filipino On Demand (FOD) as a free add-on to the TFC subscription. FOD is a video on demand television service from ABS-CBN International, the largest Filipino entertainment and broadcast company in the U.S.

TFC is available via subscription on channel 481 for $12.99 a month with free access to FOD on channel 1 any time of the day or night throughout the Phoenix and Tucson area.

“We are excited to partner with Cox in making our flagship product, TFC, available to Cox’s Arizona subscribers,” said Jun Del Rosario, ABS-CBN International’s senior director for cable and satellite. “With top-rated Filipino content available daily on TFC and special concerts, movies, and a variety of offerings available for viewing on demand on FOD, our Filipino customers in Arizona can connect conveniently back home in the Philippines, catching their favorite stars and shows and savoring the best of Filipino news and entertainment.”

“TFC is part of our ongoing commitment to our customers to expand our programming and bring value by connecting them to the people, places and programming that are relevant  in their lives," said Julio Herrera, Director of Multicultural Markets, Cox Communications-Arizona. “Offering TFC and FOD packaged together to subscribers is an excellent way for the Filipino community in Arizona to enjoy their favorite programs available 24-hours-a-day on Cox."

For more information about subscriptions, customers should visit www.cox.com/arizona or call (623) 594-1000.

About Cox Communications
Cox Communications is the third largest cable provider and a multi-service broadband communications company serving nearly 3 million residential and business product subscribers in Arizona (a product subscriber represents an individual service purchased by a customer). In metro Phoenix, Cox serves approximately 2.5 million product subscribers. In Southern Arizona, Cox serves approximately 400,000 product subscribers. Cox’s 18,500-mile hybrid fiber coaxial cable network throughout Phoenix and Southern Arizona provides homes and businesses with digital television, high speed Internet, home networking, high-definition television and digital telephone service over its own nationwide IP network. During the past eight years, Cox has topped numerous J.D. Power and Associates’ studies of customer satisfaction, most recently receiving top honors for residential telephone & high speed Internet, and business data services and has received PC Magazine’s “people’s choice” award for the fifth time.   Cox Media is responsible for the sale of cable advertising throughout Arizona. Cox Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc and serves approximately 6 million customers nationwide. Additional information about Cox in Arizona is available at www.cox.com/arizona.

About ABS-CBN International
ABS-CBN International was created 15 years ago to be of service to all Filipinos. With the launch of The Filipino Channel (TFC), the company became the first and most successful Filipino broadcaster in the U.S. The company offers telecommunication, retail, theatricals, money remittance and cargo services, online audio and video streaming, IPTV, along with philanthropic support for Filipinos and the communities they now call home.  Based in Redwood City, Calif., ABS-CBN International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN Broadcasting, the Philippines’ largest entertainment and broadcasting company. For more information, visit www.abs-cbnglobal.com.