Cox Communications Partners With Padres, MLB Advanced Media For First-Of-Its-Kind Offer Exclusive to Cox High Speed Internet Customers

Cox Communications Partners With Padres, MLB Advanced Media For First-Of-Its-Kind Offer Exclusive to Cox High Speed Internet Customers

SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications has partnered with the San Diego Padres and MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, to offer discounted monthly subscriptions to MLB.com All-Access and, for the first time ever, live in-market streaming of San Diego Padres games, exclusive to Cox High Speed Internet customers in San Diego.

The premium MLB.com All-Access service enables broadband customers to watch live video of more than 2,300 games and listen to live audio online of home, away and foreign language feeds of every MLB game played. Standard local blackout restrictions will not apply. MLB.com All-Access is $14.95 per month, compared to the regular $19.95 per month, and features:

* More than 300 out-of-market games a month;
* MLB.com GAMEDAY Audio, which brings live audio feeds from every game,
every day, wherever they're played;
* Archived games;
* Searchable video clips;
* Customized highlight reels, which will allow customers to stay up-to-
date with all the MLB action throughout the season;
* Ten-minute condensed recaps of all the key plays, with no down time
between pitches and innings.
* Customers can relive unforgettable moments in baseball history with
vintage radio and classic TV broadcasts of MLB games from the 1930s to
present;
* Pre-game text notes allowing fans to stay informed of the latest moves
right up to game time, delivered right to their email inbox.

"We are excited to be the first Major League club to offer fans the opportunity to watch in-market webcasts of Padres games," said Steve Violetta, Executive Vice President of Business Affairs for the San Diego Padres. "We have enjoyed a terrific relationship with Cox Communications as a major partner, in addition to their being our Regional Sports Network, and we are pleased to offer their broadband customers this unique opportunity."

"We are thrilled to provide Cox High Speed Internet customers with some of the most compelling, and in this case, exclusive web content, live in-market baseball," said George Kliavkoff, MLBAM's Senior VP for Business Development.

"This partnership is a win-win for our customers," said Art Reynolds, Vice President of Marketing. "By streaming live, in-market Padres games via Cox High Speed Internet, we are ensuring that our customers never have to miss another Padres game again, whether at home, at the office, or while on vacation."

- Visit the San Diego Padres on the Internet at http://www.padres.com/ -

Source: MLB Advanced Media L.P.

CONTACT: Judith Morgan Jennings of Cox Communications, +1-619-266-5382,
Judith.morganjennings@cox.com; or Luis Garcia of the San Diego Padres,
+1-619-795-5265, lgarcia@padres.com; or Jim Gallagher of MLBAM,
+1-212-485-3182, jim.gallagher@mlb.com

Web site: http://www.mlb.com/
http://www.padres.com/

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