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Disney & Charter Strike New Carriage Deal, Adding Hulu And Restoring Dropped Cable Channels To Spectrum TV
Disney and Charter have struck an expanded carriage deal, adding Hulu to Spectrum TV along with eight cable networks that were dropped in a 2023 fight.
The companies’ battle nearly two years ago, which deprived millions of customers of college football, U.S. Open tennis and other programming, was resolved with an agreement that left long-established networks without carriage for 10 days. The new agreement will take effect later this summer and will also give TV Select customers free access to ESPN’s soon-to-launch streaming service. “We began this journey to transform the video proposition for consumers with Disney, so it is befitting that this new agreement and the doubling down on our strategy continues with them,” said Tom Montemagno, EVP of Programming Acquisition for Charter.
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