Two cablers with NY-area interests in dispute

[Bob Jersey]

Charter/Spectrum, once Time Warner and still part-owned by Advance/Newhouse (parent of 'papers' familiar to moi), who owns NY1 News, and Altice/Optimum, once Cablevision, who owns News 12, apparently fell out over an agreement reached in late 2017 where each company carried the other's outlet without charge... the ultimate reason, per Charter, was Altice's quitting multiple industry trade groups such as NCTA, which goes back to when cable was barely a thing... the channels go dark late June 30th unless a new deal is reached:

https://gothamist.com/news/thousands-in-ny-nj-to-lose-access-to-ny1-news-12-in-cable-dispute (link)

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