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Univision Loses Millions of Homes on Charter-Spectrum in Retrans Dispute

Feb 1, 2017  •  Post A Comment

A tense standoff between Univision Communications and Charter Communications caused Charter-Spectrum’s millions of homes to abruptly drop Univision this morning, The Los Angeles Times reports.

“Late Tuesday, Univision said Charter no longer had legal authorization to distribute its channels — Univision, UniMas, Galavision and the Univision Deportes Network — and that the cable operator was told to drop the channels from its lineup,” The Times reports. “In some cases, it took several hours for Univision’s channels to be removed from Charter’s system.”

In the L.A. market, the Univision dump affects more than 1.6 million homes, the paper notes.

Charter appeared to be pushing to keep the lights on late Tuesday when it said in a statement: “We have a contract with Univision and we expect them to honor it.”

The Times adds: “Univision’s dramatic move — after months of on-again, off-again negotiations — comes as Charter and other pay-TV operators are struggling to hold the line on programming costs. It follows a lawsuit that Univision, based in New York, filed against Charter in July 2016.

“Univision alleged in its suit that the cable operator was illegally trying to adopt the fee structure of Time Warner Cable, which Charter acquired last spring. Charter has also faced legal action from Fox News and Showtime Networks.”

2 Comments

  1. What a lack of concern for the customers from both parties Univision and Charter!
    What a lack of negotiating skills, the customer is the one who got stiffed!

  2. UNIVISON TIENE SUFICIENTE DINERO PARA PAGAR A TODOS SUS EMPLEADOS EL DUENO DE UNIVISION NECESITA MAS DINERO PARA PAGAR TODOS SUS LUJOS Y LOS DE SU FAMILIA QUE SE LES OLVIDAN QUIENES LO MANTIENE UNIVISION HABLABA Y HABLA DEL PRESIDENTE TRUMP DEMACIADO PERO EL NO SE FIJA QUE EL TAMBIEN LO ESTAN HACIENDO LO MISMO AL CORTAR EL CANAL DE LA TELEVISION NO TE IMPORTO LA GENTE HISPANA NOSOTROS NO TENEMOS NADA QUE VER CON EL CONTRATO NOSOTROS PAGAMOS CADA MES LA FACTURA Y CUANDO TU RECIBES EL CHEQUE EN TU CUENTA EN ESO SI ESTAS CONTENTO. LO UNIVISION VIERA ECHO EN ESTA SITUACION ERA SEGUIR CON EL CANAL HASTA QUE TODOS ESTUVIERAN CONTENTOS O PEDIR EL VOTO DEL PUBLICO, SPECTRUM VIERA INVESTIGADO TODO BIEN ANTES DE FIRMAR EL CONTRACTO CON TIME WARNER CABLE Y TAMPOCO LO HISO. TAMBIEN EL CLIENTE PIERDE DINERO Y NADIE LES VA A REGRESAR NADA AL CLIENTE. LOS UNICOS BENIFICIAROS DE TODA ESTA SITUACION SON UNIVISION Y SPECTRUM Y POR LOS ABOGADOS NO SE PREOCUPEN TODOS LOS CLIENTES DE UNIVISION Y SPECTRUM SOMOS LOS QUE PAGOS LA FACTURA.

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