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100 TOWN CENTER DR., SUITE 100, ROCHESTER, NY 14623 O: (585) 340-8188 Lauren.Kelly@charter.com
Lauren E. Kelly
Director, Government Affairs
September 1, 2023
RE: Charter Communications Notification
Dear Municipal Official:
I am writing to inform you that effective August 31, 2023, at 8 PM ET, The Walt Disney Company
removed its programming from Spectrum Northeast, LLC (“Charter”). Charter had been in discussions to
renew its carriage agreement when The Walt Disney Company took this action. As a result of The Walt
Disney Company’ unreasonable demands to increase prices and limit customer choice, negotiations
failed to reach a deal and they chose to pull the programming from Charter customers, rather than
extend the contract until negotiations conclude. The Walt Disney Company’s decision to remove its
programming is outside of Charter’s control; we wanted to provide you notice of these changes as
quickly as possible. A full list of impacted channels is as follows:
NETWORKS OWNED BY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY:
• ACC Network*
• BabyTV SAP
• Disney Channel
• Disney Junior
• Disney XD
• ESPN
• ESPN2
• ESPN Deportes
• ESPN News
• ESPNU
• Freeform
• FX
• FX Movie Channel
• FXX
• Longhorn Network*
• National Geographic
• Nat Geo Mundo
• Nat Geo Wild
• SEC Network*
100 TOWN CENTER DR., SUITE 100, ROCHESTER, NY 14623 O: (585) 340-8188 Lauren.Kelly@charter.com
Lauren E. Kelly
Director, Government Affairs
*Carriage depends on customers’ region
The rising cost of programming is the single greatest factor in higher cable television prices, and we are fighting hard to hold the
line on programming rates imposed on us by companies like The Walt Disney Company. We hope to resolve this dispute quickly
and, though inconvenient, impacted Charter customers have other alternatives for viewing impacted content and can learn
more at www.video-choice.com.
If you have any questions about this change, please feel free to contact me at 585-340-8188 or via email
at Lauren.Kelly@charter.com.
Sincerely,
Lauren E. Kelly
Director, Government Affairs
Charter Communications