Charter Fades To Black With Univision
February 2, 2017
By Adam R Jacobson – RBR + TVBR
There’s a dramatic telenovela that’s come to fruition over the last several days, involving a Hispanic media giant in the role of David and a mighty multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) being painted as a Goliath.
Unfortunately, it’s not the newest addition to Univision’s prime-time lineup.
Even if it were, subscribers to Charter Communications’ Spectrum service in the nation’s two biggest markets wouldn’t be able to turn in.
That’s because Univision, UniMás and Galavisión went dark on Spectrum across the nation, leaving subscribers in New York and Los Angeles without a key source of Spanish-language programming.
The moves came just after Midnight Wednesday (2/1), based on each market’s local time.
Charter had been relatively mum on the matter, which involves retransmission fees that Univision receives for allowing an MVPD to carry its stations.
However, Charter was quite clear in its stance on the matter today when it posted the following message in place of the regular programming on Univision KMEX-34 and UniMás KFTR-46 on its Southern California cable systems.
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