Currently Charter Spectrum provides high-speed Internet, Cable TV and phones but now it appears that Charter Communications wants to start producing their own programming. They have hired experienced TV producer Katherine Pope as senior VP and head of original content. Pope used to work for NBCUniversal and Chernin Group. Charter recently announced that they had worked out an arrangement with AMC and Viacom for some original programming.
Charter is the number two cable company and it is looking like they want to compete with number one Comcast in teh original content department. Of course Comcast provides Internet, phones and Cable TV but they already own NBCUniversal so they are miles ahead of Charter as far a production goes. NBCUniversal owns quite a bit of content including Dreamworks, the Weather Channel, USA Network, Bravo and of course NBC.
Another competitor, phone, Internet and video provider AT&T, is looking to buy Time Warner which includes Warner Brother Studios as well as HBO, CNN, Turner Broadcasting and Cartoon Network. AT&T already owns DirecTV.
Charter Spectrum's cable, Internet and phone services expanded greatly in 2015 with the purchase of Bright House Network and Time Warner Cable. Whether they really want to compete with AT&T and Comcast or even Disney is any one's guess at this point.
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