Excite@Home And Cox Communications Announce Interactive TV Trials

12-Jun-00

Excite@Home (NASDAQ: ATHM), the leader in broadband, and Cox Communications (NYSE: COX), the nation's fifth largest cable operator, announced an agreement to provide Internet access and Web portal services for Cox's trial of interactive television services in San Diego, California. Scheduled to begin the second half of this year, Cox will work with Excite@Home to deliver the latest innovations in broadband access and digital cable to Cox customers' television sets. Cox will enable trial participants to access an array of information, including news, weather and stock quotes as well as e-mail, shopping and instantaneous, always-on Web access. Trial participants will be able to access Excite's personalized content, applications and services via their televisions with specially equipped set-top boxes supplied by Cox. ""We are pleased to be Cox's TV portal partner in its trial of interactive TV services,"" said Byron Smith, Executive Vice President of Consumer Broadband Service and Chief Marketing Officer for Excite@Home. ""This trial will allow us to present a new experience, and together we will learn more about how consumers will interact with personalized content and applications through their television sets. Consumers will also have an opportunity to take advantage of an always-on connection to the Internet over the TV."" ""We look forward to working with Excite@Home to offer a compelling interactive experience uniquely suited for television,"" said Braxton Jarratt, Director of Interactive TV Product Strategy for Cox Communications. ""We are excited about the potential of offering our customers the riches of the Web and the breadth of Excite content."" Cox trial participants will have the opportunity to take advantage of: Always on - An Internet service that is always connected, making everything on the Internet more easily accessible. Utility - Content provides one-click access from the remote control to subscribers' favorite services and information, such as e-mail, shopping and local content. Personalization - The new Excite broadband content gives subscribers increased personalization capabilities, allowing them to tailor the service to their specific needs. About Excite@Home Excite@Home is the leading broadband online service provider, offering residential and commercial broadband services, with a global footprint of 87 million homes under long-term cable and DSL contract. Excite@Home offers consumers broadband services over cable-modem, DSL and other ""last-mile"" connections and businesses high-speed commercial services. Excite@Home has approximately 13.5 million cable franchise homes under contract outside of North America and localized versions of the Excite service in ten leading international markets. About Cox Communications Cox Communications serves approximately six million customers nationwide, making it the nation's fifth largest cable television company. A full-service provider of telecommunications products, Cox offers an array of services, including Cox Cable, local and long distance telephone services under the Cox Digital Telephone brand, high-speed Internet access under the brands Cox@Home, Road Runner and Cox Express, advanced digital video programming services under the Cox Digital Cable brand, and commercial voice and data services via Cox Business Services. Cox is an investor in telecommunications companies including Sprint PCS and Excite@Home, as well as programming networks including Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Outdoor Life and Speedvision. More information about Cox Communications can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com. Source: Excite@Home

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