and The Walt Disney Company today announced that the ad-supported version of Disney+ is now available in all Spectrum TV Select packages nationwide at no additional cost. Stamford, CT and Burbank, CA – Janu– Charter Communications, Inc. The Streaming Home of Thousands of Hours of Exclusive Shows and Movies, Now Included for Spectrum Video Customers at No Extra Cost Executives at Charter, the nation's second-largest cable operator, at the time said the "current video ecosystem is broken" after seeing cable TV lose nearly 25 million customers (25%) to cord-cutting in five years.ĮSPN and some Disney channels were restored on Sept.11 - hours before the season kickoff for ESPN's Monday Night Football - when the cable company and Disney reached what they called a "transformative, multi-year distribution agreement." The announcement promised that the ad-supported Disney+ Basic would be provided to Spectrum customers "in coming months," but immediately Spectrum customers lost Disney's Freeform, Disney Junior, Disney XD, FX Movies, FXX, Baby TV and Nat Geo Wild channels.ĭISNEY+ BASIC NOW AVAILABLE TO CHARTER’S SPECTRUM TV SELECT CUSTOMERS 31, Spectrum and Charter cable systems dropped ESPN and all other Disney channels when talks broke off over Charter's desire to get a piece of the popular Disney+ streaming services. So once customers sign up for the free Spectrum-provided subscription, they will need to cancel their existing Disney+ subscriptions at the source (Roku, Apple TV, Disney, etc.) or they will continue to be charged for those, a Spectrum official tells me.įrom the release: "Charter video customers can immediately begin streaming iconic entertainment from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Stars Wars and National Geographic, including movies, TV shows and original programs through the Xumo Stream Box or any other Disney+ supported device." Spectrum customers should go to for information on how to sign up.Īctivating a free Disney+ Basic subscription through Spectrum will not replace any existing Disney+ subscriptions customers may already have, the cable company says. A Disney executive calls free access for Spectrum cable customers to Disney+ Basic streaming "the best of both worlds."ĭisney and Charter Communications - which has 32 million Spectrum cable subscribers in 41 states - late last week announced that the Disney+ version with advertising is available at no additional cost to all Spectrum TV Select customers.
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