Cox Communications Middle Georgia

Cox Communications Offers Customers Hundreds of On Demand Programs in Honor of Black History Month

Macon, GA – This February, in celebration of Black History Month, Cox Communications will offer a special category in the On DEMAND menu that profiles the contributions of African Americans in American History, film, music and television.  The special collection of programming is available to Digital Cable [Advanced TV] customers On DEMAND February 1-28.

From music, to documentaries, movies, comedies and more – Cox Advanced TV [Digital cable] customers can access this special category of programs by tuning to Cox channel one. From there, choose Movies, then the Black Cinema category for a lineup of hit movies, or choose FreeZone and then Black Experience for programming from some of the most popular networks including E!, BET, Big Ten Network, CNN, Food Network, Fuel TV, HBO, HGTV, History Channel, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, MTV, National Geographic Channel, Nick, Showtime, Spike, Starz, Sundance Channel, TCM, Travel Channel and VH1.

“Cox’s On DEMAND library allows our digital cable customers a chance to explore multiple genres of programming related to the Black Experience at their own convenience, with most titles available for free,” said Mike Dyer, Vice President and General Manager of Cox Middle GA. “We’re happy to offer our customers easy access to culturally relevant content, all with the power of On DEMAND.”

In addition, The Black Cinema category is premiering during Black History Month and will remain a category on a monthly basis. The category features some of the most acclaimed, award-winning and influential films created by or featuring the most celebrated black directors, actors and themes. Examples of movies available are:

• Spike Lee’s brutally honest “Do the Right Thing,” (1989) and the powerful Malcolm X (1992)
• Steven Spielberg’s heart-wrenching “The Color Purple” (1985) and historical “Amistad” (1997)
• Ed Zwick’s harrowing “Blood Diamond” (2006)
• Denzel Washington’s multi-award-winning “Antwone Fisher” (2002)
• Taylor Hackford’s musical homage to Ray Charles, “Ray” (2004)
• Tyler Perry’s comical “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” (2007)