Charter Communications is adding NBC primetime programs to its on-demand service, effective immediately. Charter Digital customers can watch shows such as “30 Rock,” “Heroes,” “The Office” and “Friday Night Lights” for free within 12 hours of their original broadcast. Charter expects the programs to...
Charter Communications, which had been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, said Thursday it had reached an agreement on a financial restructuring with a group of its debt holders, and will enter Chapter 11 on or before April 1. The agreement reduces the cable operator’s debt by about $8 billion, and...
Charter Communications and Cablevision Systems will add the MLB Network to their digital lineups when the network launches on Jan. 1 at 6 p.m. ET. The MLB Network will join the digital portion of Charter’s expanded basic lineup as well as Cablevision’s iO TV digital cable lineup of 68 free HD channels...
Fox Business Network and Charter Communications have signed a deal that will expand Fox Business’ presence in the Midwest and Northeast areas. FBN will be added to the digital tier on Charter Cable starting Wednesday, extending the network to 200,000 homes in Boston; Hartford, Conn.; Springfield, Mass...
National Geographic Channel has signed on as the first network to buy second-by-second audience data from the Nielsen Co.’s DigitalPlus service. DigitalPlus gets data from 330,000 set-top boxes used by Charter Communications subscribers in Los Angeles. The data is combined with Nielsen’s regular People...
Jonathan Dolgen has resigned from his position on Charter Communications’ board of directors, effective today. Mr. Dolgen is leaving the company due to personal reasons and to make time available to pursue other interests. “I have enjoyed having an opportunity to work with Paul Allen and other members...
Crown Media Holdings has renewed its distribution agreement with Charter Communications for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. Hallmark Channel, which is expected to show substantial increases in its subscription revenues, renewed nearly all of its other distribution agreements earlier this...
Suddenly, the Big Ten Network is very popular with cable operators. After being shunned by most cable operators during its first year, the Big Ten Network racked up its third major carriage deal this week as Mediacom Communications announced reaching an agreement with the channel. Time Warner Cable and...