• Mediaweek, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:15 AM

Fox Business Network has landed carriage on Cox Communications nationwide, increasing its total distribution to about 45 million subscribers. Beginning Jan. 1, the start-up business network will be available to most of Cox's digital subscribers in key markets including Phoenix, San Diego, Las Vegas and New Orleans.

The deal means that Fox Business is picking up around 2 million new subs, or about 60% of Cox's digital customers.

The Cox pact is the latest boost in distribution for Fox Business, which launched in Oct. 2007 to more than 30 million subscribers. Among the operators that still haven't agreed to pick up the channel are Dish Network, with 13 million subs and Cablevision, with 3.1 million subs.

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