CityCenter Offers Guests 230 Standard & Hi-Def Programming Channels through IPTV Deployment

The 67-acre Las Vegas CityCenter resort, residence and retail development has deployed Cox fiber optic data circuits to serve its communications and entertainment needs. Cox Business / Hospitality Network is a full-service, facilities-based provider of advanced voice, video and data solutions as well as a leading source of in-room video and data technology services to the hotel-gaming industry.

Cox Business / Hospitality Network designed and built two 10 gigabit fiber optic circuits to a telecommunications junction room at CityCenter that feeds Cox services to various endpoints at the 67-acre urban destination. The technology company is utilizing Internet Protocol television (IPTV) to provide 230 channels of domestic and international television content -- in standard definition and high-definition -- as well as video-on-demand services to guest rooms at CityCenter. Nearly 75 of these channels provide commercial-free digital music for listeners of all ages and interests. Guests can even check their flight departures via the system.

IPTV utilizes the architecture and networking methods of Internet Protocol i.e. television programming delivered to the consumer over a broadband accessed Internet network.

Cox Business / Hospitality Network is also providing Cox High Speed Internet, Cox Digital Television and Cox Digital Telephone to CityCenter residences as well as shops and restaurants at the 500,000 sf Crystals retail and entertainment district. In addition, the company is providing data transport services for back office and enterprise use.