Tag: charter
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Blacked Out? How to Watch ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC & More Local Channels if Your Cable Company Dropped Them
Cable customers in some markets have recently lost local stations as companies cut costs or hit carriage disputes, which is exactly why more viewers are looking for a better backup plan. Earlier this week, dozens of stations owned by the E.W. Scripps Company went dark for Comcast/Xfinity subscribers. Disputes like this are frustrating for subscribers…
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Charter and Cox Get Shareholder Approval for Merger
Charter Communications shareholders voted to approve the company’s merger with Cox Communications, clearing another obstacle in closing the deal that was announced in May. In an announcement Thursday, Charter (parent company of Spectrum) said that “more than 99% of the votes cast voted in favor of each of the proposals required to complete the transaction.”…
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Spectrum Hopes Bundles of Streaming Services Will Get You to Come Back to Cable TV
Charter Communications is looking to expand its streaming offerings in 2025, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Known by the brand name Spectrum, the company is the largest cable-TV provider in the United States, and per the report, the telecommunications and media giant plans to unroll a marketing campaign that focuses on streaming bundles…
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Spectrum Cable TV Will Soon Start Closing Stores To Cut Costs
Charter’s Spectrum cable TV service has been losing subscribers for years now. To help offset this, Spectrum will soon start closing Spectrum stores to help cut costs. According to multiple Charter employees, Spectrum will soon start closing some underperforming stores. The first wave will likely be 9 Spectrum stores in the Northeast, with more to…
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Why You May End Up Paying Verizon For All of Your Different Subscriptions
You already pay wireless carriers like Verizon or T-Mobile for services like data, voice, and text. But increasingly, you may also start to deal with them when it comes to subscriptions for steaming services, fitness apps, and cloud gaming. Verizon already offers this through its +Play marketplace of different subscriptions – from Xbox Game Pass…
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T-Mobile Could Be the Fifth Largest Internet Provider By the End of 2023
It’s been a little more than two years since T-Mobile entered the broadband business with its 5G home internet service, and the wireless carrier has already made an impression. Given its momentum, it could end 2023 as the fifth-largest internet service provider in the U.S. T-Mobile ended the third quarter with 4.2 million subscribers, notching…
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Spectrum Invests $1.25 Billion in Ohio As Part of Massive Internet Upgrade Project
Charter Communications’s Spectrum cable business on Wednesday committed to investing $1.25 billion in Ohio to boost the speed of its internet service. The work underway in Ohio is part of Spectrum’s larger project to upgrade its network to support multi-gigabit speeds and meet the ever-increasing demand for faster internet service. The overall project is set…
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The Cost of Cable TV Could Be Going Up Because Of Streaming Services Thanks to Spectrum, Paramount, and Disney
When Disney and Charter struck a new agreement to bring Disney+ to Spectrum cable customers, it set a new precedent for how traditional pay-TV and streaming services could be bundled together. But it could also open the door to higher costs for cable TV customers. This is clearly a new structure that Charter wants to…
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Spectrum Plans to Upgrade Every Internet Customer’s Speed But Needs to Delay The Project Because of Money
Charter’s Spectrum said its massive project to upgrade its network to offer multi-gigabit speeds will wrap up as late as the middle of 2026, marking a slight delay from its original forecast. Charter CEO Christopher Winfrey, speaking on the company’s third-quarter earnings conference call, said he now believes project will last until the end of…
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FCC Wants Comcast, Spectrum, DIRECTV and Other Cable TV Providers to Issue Rebates to Customers For All Blackouts
Cable and satellite TV blackouts have become a common occurrence, as we saw this summer with disputes between Charter’s Spectrum and Disney, as well as the three-month spat between DIRECTV and Nexstar. The Federal Communications Commission is pushing to make sure subscribers are fairly compensated if these blackouts continue to happen. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel…