Will DIRECTV Carry SportsNet LA In 2018?
Q. Will DIRECTV carry SportsNet LA this year. I’m getting tired of not being able to watch the Dodgers at home. Enough already! If they are not going to carry it, can [...]
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City of Yuma Demanding Refunds For Charter Subscribers
The city of Yuma (Arizona) has sent a letter to Charter demanding the cable operator provide a credit to subscribers who have been without two Yuma-based local stations since [...]
Northwest CEO Drops Verbal Bomb On Charter CEO In Fee Fight
The fee fight between Charter and Northwest Broadcasting that has left 11 network affiliates blacked out on the cable operator’s systems since Friday night has become [...]
Charter Loses 11 Network Affiliates In Fee Fight
Charter has lost 11 local network affiliates due to a fee fight with their owner, Northwest Broadcasting. The stations are: KSWT-TV, the CBS affiliate in Yuma, Arizona; [...]
Charter to Launch News Channels In Los Angeles, 4 Other Markets
Charter plans to expand its 24-hour news channel operation to five new markets in 2018, including Los Angeles, according to a company memo obtained exclusively by [...]
Secret Memo: Netflix Coming to All Charter Homes In 2018
Charter CEO Tom Rutledge has sent a private memo to company employees detailing the cable operator’s plans for 2018, which include a two-way interactive set-top for all [...]
Charter Moving Travel Channel to Cheapest Plan
Charter tomorrow will move 11 Viacom-owned channels to its most expensive tier, but the cable operator will try to make amends next month by moving The Travel Channel to its [...]
Charter Moving 11 Viacom Channels to Most Expensive Tier
Charter this Thursday will move 11 Viacom-owned channels to its most expensive tier (Gold), and eight Viacom channels to its least expensive plan (Select). The company over [...]
Charter Becomes 5th Major Pay TV Op to Raise Prices
Charter has become the fifth major pay TV operator to announce it will raise prices on some video plans and fees in 2018. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Charter has [...]
Charter Moving 10 Viacom Channels to Higher Tiers
Charter and Viacom last month announced a new carriage agreement that was interpreted by many publications as a major victory for the programmer. However, the TV Answer Man [...]
Charter Execs Fighting Over Whether to Sell Company: Report
Charter is undergoing an internal battle over whether to expand via more acquisitions, or go a different direction and sell the company outright, reports the New York Post. [...]
Charter Blames Video Losses On Password Sharing
Charter disclosed yesterday that it lost a net of 104,000 video subscribers in the third quarter. The losses, which were revealed in the company’s third quarter [...]