In 1982 Cox was one of the earliest companies to offer pay-per-view television when it aired the Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney heavyweight-boxing match.
Cox Communications has also proved itself a pioneer in areas beyond cable television, winning praise from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1992 for making the world's first personal communications services (PCS) phone call over a cable network.
Cox's many outreach endeavors include helping to found Cable in the Classroom, a national nonprofit organization that provides commercial-free television and resources to schools.