ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro even boasted about the deal to The Hollywood Reporter, noting that it’s “very strong in terms of rates and minimum penetration.”Įven if you finagle access to Spectrum’s cheaper bundles, you won’t get a deal on Disney+ or ESPN+. Bloomberg reports that ESPN is guaranteed to be in the channel lineup for 85 percent of Spectrum customers-same as before-only dropping to 80 percent when ESPN launches its standalone streaming service. Charter’s contracts with TV networks require it to distribute certain channels to a minimum percentage of Spectrum customers, so the company mainly uses those skinnier packages as a last-ditch effort to win back cord-cutters. Those options might be wildly popular if all Spectrum customers could get them, but they can’t. In the past, Charter has offered both a sports-free bundle called Spectrum TV Essentials and a quasi-a la carte plan called Spectrum TV Choice, in which customers get local channels and their choice of 10 additional cable channels. What about the additional flexibility that Spectrum was pushing for? That doesn’t seem to have materialized. In terms of value, Spectrum’s Disney deal doesn’t add much. You can also choose from several other live TV streaming options that are cheaper than Spectrum or abandon the bundle entirely. Meanwhile, a subscription to Hulu + Live TV will get you a similar mix of channels, plus the full Disney bundle (including Hulu) for $77 per month. Dropping some less popular channels will offset those hikes, but probably not by much. They’re also likely to increase, as Charter has agreed to pay higher carriage fees plus a “wholesale” rate to Disney for its streaming services. None of those prices include cable boxes if you’d rather not use Spectrum’s streaming apps. Spectrum Select TV Plus: $113 per month, or $123 per month with DVR.Spectrum Select TV: $103 per month, or $113 per month with DVR.
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