Tag: Spectrum
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T-Mobile is Another Step Closer to Unlocking Spectrum It Already Bought For $304M
The U.S. Senate can rarely agree on anything, but it came together on Friday to unanimously pass a bill proposed by Sen. John Kennedy to temporarily re-authorize the Federal Communications Commission to allocate spectrum, a move that gets T-Mobile closer to tapping into spectrum it’s been patiently waiting to get its hands on. Kennedy, a…
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There is A New Scam Targeting Spectrum Internet Customers – Here is What You Need To Know To Avoid It
Once again scammers are finding a new way to try and get money from people. Now a scam that has been targeting Comcast customers has started to target Spectrum internet customers. Recently a Cord Cutters News reader emailed us and detailed a recent scam possibly targeting Spectrum internet customers, a cable provider of which they…
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Right After Settling its Dispute With Charter, Disney Has Angered Cable TV All Over Again
Less than two weeks after settling its carriage dispute with Charter, Disney is in hot water with the cable TV companies again after its decision to simultaneously air “Monday Night Football” on ABC and ESPN. The media giant said on Monday that it would add 10 additional MNF games to the network. While the decision…
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Telecom and Cable Companies Are Starting to Mirror Each Other as Cord Cutting Takes Center Stage
The telecom companies and the cable providers, with legacies of providing phone and video services, respectively, have traditionally been like water and oil or fire and ice – industries that are diametrically opposed to each other. But a funny thing happened: They increasingly started to look and act more like each other. Two decades ago,…
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Will Disney Sell ABC? Here’s Everything We Know
There appears to be a race to buy the ABC affiliates owned by Disney. Or maybe not? That’s part of the confusion stemming from a flurry of development around those eight stations. Nexstar, which owns a large number of local stations, expressed its interest, while Allen Media Group also put in an even more aggressive…
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Spectrum Says Its TV Subscriber Losses Were Lower Than Anticipated During The Disney Blackout
For the first time since the end of the Disney fight, Spectrum came out with public comments about its fight with Disney. According to Charter CFO Jessica Fischer, the deal between Disney and Spectrum “met all of our objectives” and more importantly, losses to subscribers were less than anticipated. According to Jessica Fischer TV subscriber…
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How to Watch Disney XD & Disney Junior Without Spectrum TV
Spectrum and Disney have worked out an agreement that ends the media conglomerate’s blackout on the cable TV provider, but eight networks are not returning as part of that deal. Disney XD and Disney Junior were two of the channels that were not included in the carriage agreement. Both networks specialize in programming for kids,…
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Spectrum is Moving Customers From Legacy Cable TV Plans to New Plans With Fewer Channels
Are you a Spectrum customer on an old Spectrum Cable TV plan? You may find that soon, your package will be replaced with a new Spectrum package that is missing many channels that you love. Today, Spectrum has confirmed to Cord Cutters News that it is moving customers from legacy plans to new Spectrum plans.…
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Charter Will Provide Credit For Disney Blackout For All Eligible Spectrum Subscribers
Charter Communications said it would providing credit to all subscribers affected by the Disney blackout, regardless of whether they called into customer service. When the blackout initially hit 12 days ago, Charter began offering $15 in service credits for the lost channels, which included ESPN, FX, The Disney Channel and more. But in order to…
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ESPN ‘Isn’t Giving Up the Golden Goose” of Pay TV Even as it Thinks About Streaming
ESPN is back on the air after a 12-day-long dispute between Disney and Charter Communications led to the sports network — along with other Disney-owned channels — going dark on Spectrum cable TV. Disney and Charter struck a new agreement that shakes up the traditional relationship between a media company and distributor, with some Spectrum…