The Walt Disney Company and Charter Communications Announce Comprehensive Distribution Agreement
August 14 2019 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
New Multi-Year Deal Delivers Full Suite of
Sports, News and Entertainment Networks from Walt Disney Television
and ESPN to Spectrum Customers
Contemplates Future Distribution of Hulu,
ESPN+, and Upcoming Disney+ Streaming Services
Will Distribute ACC Network at Launch on
August 22
Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) and The Walt Disney
Company (NYSE: DIS) today announced a comprehensive distribution
agreement to continue to deliver Disney’s robust lineup of premier
sports, news and entertainment content to Spectrum customers. It
expands upon the previous deal and supports the companies’ mutual
goal to deliver the best video content to customers across multiple
platforms.
The new agreement contemplates Charter’s future distribution of
Disney’s streaming services, including Hulu, ESPN+ and the
soon-to-be-launched Disney+. Spectrum TV will also offer customers
access to ESPN’s upcoming ACC Network when it launches on August
22. Additionally, Disney and Charter have also agreed to work
together on piracy mitigation. The two companies will work together
to implement business rules and techniques to address such issues
as unauthorized access and password sharing.
Spectrum TV will also continue to provide its customers
widespread access to ABC, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD,
Freeform, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes, ESPN
Goal Line, ESPN Bases Loaded, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, and
the newly acquired networks of FX, FXX, FXM, Fox Life, National
Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo, and BabyTV.
“This agreement will allow Spectrum to continue delivering to
its customers popular Disney content, makes possible future
distribution by Spectrum of Disney streaming services, and will
begin an important collaborative effort to address the significant
issue of piracy mitigation,” said Tom Montemagno, EVP, Programming
Acquisition for Charter.
Added Sean Breen, SVP, Disney Media Distribution: “Our new
agreement with Charter allows us to continue serving Spectrum TV
customers with the full value of the Walt Disney Television and
ESPN networks, including the newly acquired FX and Nat Geo
networks. ACC fans can also rest assured that they will be able to
watch their favorite teams on Spectrum, one of the largest
distributors across the ACC footprint, when ACC Network launches
next week.”
Owned and operated by ESPN in partnership with the Atlantic
Coast Conference, ACC Network (ACCN) is a new 24/7 national
network dedicated to ACC sports set to launch August 22, 2019.
Approximately 450 live contests including 40 regular-season
football games, 150 men’s and women’s basketball games, and more
than 200 other regular-season competitions and tournament games
from across the conference’s 27 sponsored sports will be televised
annually, plus a complement of news and information shows and
original programming. Together, the ACCN and its digital platform,
ACC Network Extra, will feature more than 1,350 ACC events in its
first year. ESPN has been televising ACC content since 1979 and has
exclusive rights to every conference-controlled game across all
sports and championships.
All ACCN games will also be available on the ESPN app to
authenticated pay TV subscribers. Fans interested in learning more
about ACCN can visit www.GetACCN.com.
About Charter
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) is a leading
broadband communications company and the second largest cable
operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of
advanced residential broadband services, including Spectrum TV®
programming, Spectrum Internet®, Spectrum Voice®, and Spectrum
Mobile™. Under the Spectrum Business® brand, Charter provides
scalable, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to
small and medium-sized business organizations, including Internet
access, business telephone, and TV services. Through the Spectrum
Enterprise brand, Charter is a national provider of scalable,
fiber-based technology solutions serving many of America's largest
businesses and communications service providers. Charter's
advertising sales and production services are sold under the
Spectrum Reach® brand. Charter's news and sports networks are
operated under the Spectrum Networks brand. More information about
Charter can be found at newsroom.charter.com.
About The Walt Disney Company
Disney, together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified
worldwide entertainment company with operations in four business
segments: Media Networks; Parks, Experiences and Products; Studio
Entertainment; and Direct-to-Consumer and International. Disney is
a Dow 30 company and had annual revenues of $59.4 billion in its
Fiscal Year 2018. For more information about Disney, please visit
www.thewaltdisneycompany.com.
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Media Contacts: Karen Hobson, karen.hobson@disney.com or
(818) 560-4057 Amy Phillips, amy.phillips@espn.com or (646)
547-5614 Kristie Adler, kristie.adler@espn.com or (646) 547-5637
Maureen Huff, maureen.huff@charter.com or (203) 428-0300
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