Cox Communications Inc., which recently celebrated its 1,000th HDTV subscriber in the Las Vegas market, is deploying the technology in Phoenix. The initial Cox HDTV lineup for Phoenix will include KNXV (ABC), KAET (PBS), two HBO channels, Showtime HD and Discovery HD Theater. Customers will have to pay about $500 for

The specially designated outlet will cover the games from opening ceremonies on the first day (conveniently tagged by some marketers, including NBCU, simply as “8.8.08”) through closing ceremonies on Aug. 24.

The San Diego-area Cox Communications cable channels have made a significant commitment to HD acquisition, production and post production

The HD on-demand content is nearly always offered by Cox and other cablers at no extra cost.

NBC Universal's coverage of the Torino Olympic Winter Games next month will feature the most coverage (including the most live reporting) from more remote sites of any Winter Olympics in history, according to NBC. It will also include the most HD coverage in Olympics history. NBC Universal -- comprised of networks NBC

KETV-TV , the ABC affiliate in Omaha, Neb., pulled KETV-DT Channel 20 this week from Cox Cable after several weeks of fruitless negotiations. While the broadcaster said in a statement that Cox was justifiably planning to charge a separate fee to its subscribers for accessing HD content, the Hearst-Argyle station voice