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**Charter and Disney Expand Agreement, Adding Hulu and ESPN Streaming to Spectrum Bundles**
**New York, NY** – Charter Communications and Disney have reached a new agreement that expands their existing carriage deal, bringing more streaming options to Spectrum TV Select subscribers. The deal, announced Tuesday, includes the ad-supported tier of Hulu and ESPN’s highly anticipated direct-to-consumer streaming service as part of the Spectrum TV Select package. Eight minor cable networks dropped during the 2023 dispute are also returning to the lineup.
The agreement signifies Charter’s continued strategy of bundling streaming services with traditional pay-TV offerings. The company is actively working to combat cord-cutting by offering subscribers a perceived value of over $100 a month through these bundled services. Previous deals have seen Charter add Peacock and Vix+ to subscriber packages.
“We began this journey to transform the video proposition for consumers with Disney, so it is befitting that this new agreement and the doubling down on our strategy continues with them,” said Charter executive Tom Montemagno. He also highlighted the company is intent on doing deals “mid-cycle and absent from any of the typical pressures from expiring agreements.”
In addition to Hulu and ESPN’s DTC service, the agreement brings back Disney Jr, Disney XD, Freeform, FXX, FXM, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo and BabyTV, channels that were removed from Spectrum lineups during contentious negotiations back in 2023. The return of these channels will likely be welcome news for some Spectrum subscribers.
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