Viacom and Charter Communications have agreed to a deal that would see eight of Viacom's networks included in the least expensive package of Charter's
Spectrum cable service, a source told Reuters on Wednesday.
Not exact matches
Viacom, parent of networks including MTV and Nickelodeon, launched TV ads this week urging its viewers to call customer
service at
cable company
Spectrum ahead of a deadline that may result in a costly blackout for 16.6 million customers.
Charter Communications, which offers
cable service under the
Spectrum brand, announced on Friday that it lost 122,000 TV customers in the first quarter of 2018.
Having access to a lot of
spectrum is particularly important for the 5G wireless offerings that AT&T and Verizon hope to launch to better compete with high - speed Internet
services from
cable companies.
Union workers remain embroiled in a contract dispute with Charter Communications, which offers
cable, internet and telephone
services under the name
Spectrum.
On Monday, Cuomo railed against corporate CEOs when he spoke to union workers who are on strike against the Charter Communications Company, which provides
cable service to much of New York under the name
Spectrum.
As CBS2's Ali Bauman reported, the thousands of residents were left without
cable, internet or phone
service beginning early Monday morning, and authorities blamed vandals for cutting
Spectrum cable wires.
One topic that came up at Tuesday night's City Council meeting was the claim by some attending of terrible
service from
Spectrum cable.
Spectrum cable has tweeted out they are working on the issue and hope to have full
service restored by the end of Monday night.
Within hours of the statement from the governor's office, upstate Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi put out a press release applauding the Public
Service Commission's decision to «formally investigate
Spectrum,» which the assemblyman has accused of inflating its
cable bills.
QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about the massive
Spectrum service disruption that reportedly affected 60,000 customers» access to internet,
cable and phone in Queens:
Last year, Verizon announced a $ 4 billion bid to buy 20 MHz of valuable Advanced Wireless
Service (AWS)
spectrum from a consortium of
cable companies called SpectrumCo.
Good luck finding any information about this
service on
Spectrum's website; some users claim you can get invited only by cancelling a
cable TV subscription.