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Jim Robbins
Born
James O. Robbins

(1942-07-04)July 4, 1942
Mount Kisco, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 10, 2007(2007-10-10) (aged 65)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
OccupationCable television executive

James O. 'Jim' Robbins (July 4, 1942 – Oct. 10, 2007) was the President of Cox Communications from 1985 to 1995, and then was President & CEO in 1995 when the company went public. He retired from that position in 2005. Robbins joined Cox as vice president of the company's New York City Operations in 1983, and was later promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations in Atlanta.[1] At Cox he was responsible for transforming the company from a singular pay TV cable operator, to a full service entertainment and telecommunications provider, pioneering the role of offering the Triple Play bundle of video, voice, and broadband Internet services.[2]Cox was the first company worldwide to offer triple play services over a single network.[3]

Prior to Cox, Robbins spent five years at Continental Cablevision, as Assistant Vice President and Regional Manager and then as Vice President and General Manager, Viacom Cablevision of Long Island, and then Senior Vice President of Operations, Western Region.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Robbins deployed for two tours of duty in Vietnam with the US Navy between 1965 and 1967, serving as a destroyer line officer and a gunboat flotilla public affairs officer.[4]

References

  1. ^ James O. Robbins To Retire At Year End, "Cox Newsroom", July 26, 2005, Accessed February 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Former Cox Communications Chief Jim Robbins Dies, "Broadcasting+Cable", October 11, 2007, Accessed February 23, 2020.
  3. ^ COX COMMUNICATIONS MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF VIDEO, TELEPHONE AND INTERNET BUNDLE, "Cox Newsroom", November 27, 2007, Accessed February 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Late Cox Chief Jim Robbins to Receive Bresnan Ethics Award, "Multichannel News", January 29, 2019, Accessed February 23, 2020.
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