Charter CommunicationsCEOChris Winfreyrecently encountered a TV ad that conjured memories of his companys carriage battle with Disney last September.
This commercial message, however, came from a different legacy media company pushing into subscriptionstreaming.
I said, Oh my goodness, whats left on Comedy Central that were still paying for?!
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If customers paid for it already, they need access to it.
They need to get it.
The Charter-Disney deal not only left certain Disney linear networks without distribution on Charters Spectrum systems, the No.
When you think about the direct-to-consumer business, it obviously worked for Netflix, Winfrey said.
Even if you look at it on a stand-alone basis, personally I dont think theyll be profitable.
You siphoned off the dollars, you put your investment somewhere else.
You stripped out the asset.’
It does, he said.
Given Charters broadband business, however, Were indifferent.
