Tag: Spectrum
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Nexstar Says the Disney-Charter Deal is a Win for Broadcast TV
You can count Nexstar as a fan of the distribution agreement struck between Disney and Charter, which ended a two week-blackout of stations like ESPN, select local ABC stations and other Disney-owned cable channels. The deal, which was announced last month, shook a few of the pay-TV norms up, including bundling Disney+ for some customers…
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Comcast & Spectrum’s New Streaming Player Comes With a Hidden Monthly Fee if You’re Not Careful
Earlier this week, Comcast and Spectrum announced the long-awaited Xumo Stream Box is now available nationwide to Spectrum customers and coming soon to Comcast customers. The device will integrate the company’s live TV service alongside popular streaming services. The device will cost you $60, but depending on how you decide to pay for the device,…
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Over 30 Cable TV Channels Could Shut Down Soon, Including TCM, Disney Jr. SyFy, BBC America, & More
When Charter Communications Spectrum struck a deal with Disney to end the 12-day cable blackout and bring back channels like ESPN and FX to the cable provider’s lineup, a few of Disney-owned networks were left out. Spectrum plans to drop Baby TV, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Freeform, FXM, FXX, Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo…
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Comcast & Spectrum Announce The Xumo Stream Box National Rollout
Today, Comcast and Spectrum announced the long-awaited Xumo Stream Box is now available nationwide to Spectrum customers and coming soon to Comcast customers. The device will integrate the company’s live TV service alongside popular streaming services. According to the ads, the box will be free for Spectrum TV customers for 12 months and come with…
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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…