Tag: Spectrum
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Spectrum’s CEO Wants to Limit Disney+ & Other Streaming Services
Recently Spectrum’s CEO Tom Rutledge has been aggressively complaining about password sharing. During the parent company behind Spectrum Charter’s earnings call, CEO Tom Rutledge went after live TV streaming services like PlayStation Vue for offering up to 5 streams at once. Now at today’s UBS Global TMT Conference, Tom Rutledge is going after Disney+ and…
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Comcast & Spectrum Are Raising Their TV Prices & Fees
Although there has been a lot of talk about Hulu raising the price of live TV, there has been little coverage about the cost of cable TV increasing. Both Comcast and Spectrum recently announced price hikes on TV customers. Comcast customers will start seeing a price hike starting on December 18, 2019, and becoming nationwide…
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Spectrum’s CEO Believes Cord Cutting Will Slow Down
Today Charter Communications – the parent company of Spectrum – CEO Tom Rutledge opened up on his thoughts about cord-cutting and its future during an interview with CNBC. When asked about cord cutting and its growth Mr. Rutledge said: “I think, in aggregate, they’re going to slow down,” Rutledge said on ‘The Exchange.’ “Most single-family…
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Charter is Bringing AMC SVOD Services to Spectrum Customers to Help Fight Cord Cutting
AMC is bringing their suite of streaming video on demand services to Charter, the network and cable provider announced in a statement today. This deal includes Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, and UMC, following an already formed agreement between AMC and Charter to carry linear networks AMC, BBC America, BBC World News, IFC, Sundance TV,…
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Spectrum & ACE Team Up to Crack Down on Password Sharing & Unauthorized Access to Content
Recently Spectrum announced partnerships with FOX and Disney to crack down on password sharing. Today Spectrum teamed up with The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) to crack down on unauthorized access to content through password sharing and inadequate encryption. ACE was created to help crack down on piracy and has lead several major lawsuits…
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Comcast, Spectrum, Verizon, & AT&T Lost Over 1.7 Million TV Subscribers in The 3rd Quarter of 2019
Today AT&T reported their 3rd quarter 2019 earnings numbers and had a record loss of over 1.3 million TV subscribers in just 3 months. This comes as Comcast, Spectrum, and Verizon all reported losses last week. So far AT&T, Spectrum, Comcast, and Verizon have reported that they lost 1,724,000 subscribers in just three months during…
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Spectrum’s CEO Blames PlayStation Vue For Password Sharing & Subscriber Losses
Last week Spectrum held its 3rd quarter 2019 earnings call. During that call, executives from Spectrum took a question about their recent deal with Disney to crack down on password sharing. In the answer, a senior Spectrum executive blamed the growing problem of password sharing on live TV streaming services that offer streaming on up…
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Spectrum Lost 77,000 TV Customers in The 3rd Quarter of 2019
Today Spectrum announced their 3rd quarter 2019 subscriber numbers. In that report, it was announced that Spectrum lost 77,000 TV subscribers in just 3 months. This comes as Spectrum residential video customers decreased by 141,000 in the 2nd quarter of 2019. One of the bright spots for Spectrum was that they added 351,000 Internet customers…
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Spectrum & Fox Team Up to Crack Down on Piracy & Password Sharing
Today Spectrum and Fox announced a new long term deal that will keep FOX Television Stations, FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, FS1, FS2, BTN, and FOX Deportes on Spectrum TV. As part of this deal, Spectrum and FOX have agreed to work together to “mitigate piracy, implementing business rules to address unauthorized access to…
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How to Cancel Spectrum TV & Save Money But Still Watch Your Shows
Canceling Spectrum and becoming a cord cutter can sound scary at first, with a ton of options and decisions to make, but we hope this guide will show you that cord cutting is surprisingly easy. In fact, you may already have most, if not everything, you need. Today we are going to help you cancel…