National Football League

Cox cable makes NFL RedZone service available

Published Aug. 24, 2010 10:41 p.m. ET

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Cox is making the NFL RedZone service available to its cable customers.

The nation's third-largest cable company said Tuesday that it was also renewing its contract to carry the NFL Network. RedZone shows key plays of each game live during Sunday afternoons.

NFL Network announced last week that it had a deal with the National Cable Television Cooperative for its members to have the option of adding the channel.

NCTC member Suddenlink is also adding NFL Network and RedZone. The company has 1.3 million subscribers mainly in Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia.

NFL Network reached more than 56.5 million subscribers before the NCTC deal, about half of the country's homes with televisions.