Tag: Charter Communications

Charter Communications has closed its $34.5 billion combination with Cox, adding 5.9 million internet customers and giving Spectrum a much larger base to cross-sell mobile, streaming and video products. The added scale also strengthens Charter’s leverage with programmers as broadband…

Rights owners are increasingly preserving IP, distribution, customer relationships and future monetization while selling buyers only the access or control they actually need. Netflix, Disney, Sony and the NFL show how narrower rights deals can create value without transferring the…

Charter's $34.5 billion Cox deal is becoming an operating contract in California, where regulators are tying approval to broadband pricing, network investment, outage credits and other customer protections that could constrain margins for years. Cox gives Charter more broadband scale…

From the Archives revisits Charter’s 2023 carriage fight with Disney, which forced Disney+, ESPN+, and the future flagship ESPN service into Spectrum’s cable packages while removing eight lower-value linear networks. The agreement turned streaming access into a core part of…

ViX is on track to become the fastest-growing major streaming service in the Americas in 2025, with an 18% subscriber increase projected by Ampere Analysis. Its hybrid freemium model, strong advertising revenue (expected to account for 60% of 2025 revenue),…

Charter Communications is acquiring Cox Communications for $34.5 billion, forming the largest cable and broadband provider in the U.S. by subscribers. The deal also sees Charter taking over Liberty Broadband, marking the end of John Malone’s long-standing influence in the…

Charter Communications just brought on Scott Barton as Group VP of Digital Marketplace to build out a new digital storefront that combines Spectrum-branded entertainment with third-party streaming services. This move fits right into the industry’s push toward bundling, as more…