Tag: Spectrum
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Spectrum Adds ESPN+ into TV Select Plus Package at No Extra Charge
In a move that’s set to delight a sport-lobing nation, Charter Communications, Inc. has teamed up with The Walt Disney Company to offer ESPN+ at no additional cost to Spectrum TV Select Plus customers. This deal enriches the viewing experience by integrating the streaming service with traditional cable packages, following a trend of blending linear…
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Spectrum May Buy Cable TV Competitor Altice USA, Also Known As Optimum
Are you ready for more consolidation in the world of cable TV? Today, Bloomberg reported that Spectrum’s parent company, Charter Communications, was in the early stages of working with financial advisors to buy Altice USA, the parent company of Optimum cable TV. Charger Communications is the largest cable TV provider in the United States when…
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How to Cancel Spectrum TV & Switch to YouTube TV, Sling TV, DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, & More
If you’re a Spectrum customer and are tired of paying high fees then it may be time to cut the cord. Earlier this year, Spectrum raised their prices for the second time in a year due to increasing rights fees, which eventually got passed down to the customer. Plus, on top of the monthly subscription,…
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Spectrum Agrees To Change $1,500 Mobile Cost Savings Ad After Verizon Complaint
Charter Communications, Spectrum’s parent company, said it would change its advertisements claiming Verizon customers who switch to Spectrum Mobile will “save over $1,500 in their first year” following a recommendation from the third-party National Advertising Division. Verizon challenged a commercial that compared two couples using the different mobile carriers. Both couples are shown to have…
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T-Mobile is Still Waiting to Get Valuable Wireless Spectrum, and Has Even Offered to Bargain For It
T-Mobile has been waiting for more than a year to get its hands on a swath of spectrum it spent $304 million to get — valuable radio airwaves that could expand its 5G home internet service and widen its wireless coverage. But the wait has dragged on so long that the wireless carrier is trying…
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Could Comcast & Spectrum Block the New Sports-Only Live TV Service from Fox, Disney, & Warner Bros. Discovery? – Ask Luke
This month Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to launch a new sports streaming service that will give live access to sports networks like ESPN, FS1, and BTN. Now a growing number of companies are objecting to and may even try to block the service. This includes several cable TV companies that are…
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Spectrum To Buy Up Another Small Cable TV Company
Spectrum is set to purchase a small cable TV company in Kentucky as it looks for ways to bolster its shrinking base of customers. On Tuesday, the city council voted in agreement to sell Bardstown Connect along with its customer base and infrastructure to Charter Communications, Spectrum’s parent company. No timeline has been set for…
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Altice’s Optimum Lost 267,000 Cable TV and 114,000 Internet Customers in 2023
Cable and internet provider Optimum continues to bleed customers at an alarming rate even as it lost money. The company reported fourth-quarter results that showed subscribers were dropping cable TV, broadband, and phone services. For the fourth-quarter, it lost 27,000 internet subscribers, 62,200 cable TV subscribers, and 57,400 phone subscribers. For the year, those totals…
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Spectrum Cable TV Needs to Renew Its Contract With Paramount-Owned TV Channels & Bally Sports RSNs Soon
Are you a Spectrum cable TV customer? Unless Spectrum reaches a new deal you could lose some Paramount and RSN channels this spring. Charter Communications, Spectrum’s parent company, has a renewal coming up with Bally Sports and Paramount. If they fail to reach deals, we could see a second and third round of massive channel…
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Cord Cutting Today: Spectrum Not Afraid of 5G Home Internet, Pluto TV’s 25 Movie Channels, & More
Do you want to know what’s going on in the busy world of cord cutting? Every Monday through Friday, we post a daily recap video on YouTube covering the biggest stories on the topic. Check out today’s video and if you want to learn more, you can read each story I talk about in the…