Herndon, Va. - RCN, a provider of bundled video, data and voice services, said that it has signed a major advertising pact with the Washington Redskins. Under the multi-year deal, the company will get signage at FedEx Field, as well as advertisements on the team's website and radio network. The company has increasingly been pushing into the sports arena, signing partnership or sponsorship deals with Georgetown University athletics, the Kettler Capitals Iceplex, the DC United soccer team and the Patriot Center at George Mason University.

Herndon, Va. - RCN, a provider of bundled cable television, high-speed Internet and phone services, said on Monday that it will pay $260 million in cash to acquire Massachusetts-based Neon Communications Group, a provider of network transport services in a 12-state area from Maine to Virginia.

Herndon, Va. - RCN, a provider of cable television, high-speed Internet and phone services, said that it has completed the $45 million sale of its San Francisco assets to Astound Broadband. The deal was first announced in August. Astound, a unit of Kirkland, Wash.-based Wave Broadband, currently offers broadband services to 55,000 customers in Concord and Walnut Creek, Calif. RCN's San Francisco operations will add about 18,000 customers to that total. RCN said that selling its primary operations on the West Coast will allow it to focus on its core Northeast Corridor and Chicago regions.