Comcast, Altice U.S. to stop offering CableCARD to customers
The providers are taking an initial step to move away from a piece of hardware that allowed subscribers to watch digitally-encrypted TV channels using third-party set-top boxes.
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Optimum launches low-cost streaming TV package
Altice U.S. has unveiled a new low-cost streaming TV package for its Optimum Internet subscribers.
Optimum drops Bally Sports, but subscribers can still stream games
Optimum said it wasn’t fair that customers pay more for Bally Sports channels while the fate of regional sports networks is up in the air.
Connecticut AG sues Altice over Optimum Internet fees, service speeds
The state’s attorney general takes issue with a little-disclosed $6 surcharge that appears on Optimum Internet customer bills.
Altice stock price climbs amid takeover rumor
On Monday, reports indicated Charter had sought financial guidance on a possible takeover bid of Altice and its two cable businesses.
Ampere: Streaming revenue to overtake pay TV this year
Streaming’s revenue growth is attributed mainly to hybrid advertising-subscription models, according to Ampere.
Altice loses 62,000 pay television customers during Q4 2023
The number of residential customers paying for Altice’s Optimum TV was 2.172 million at the end of 2023, the company revealed this week.
Altice lowering Optimum broadband Internet prices
Altice is lowering the standard price of its Optimum fiber-based Internet service, with some customers seeing a reduction of their bills by 20 percent.
Alexandre Fonseca leaves Altice Group following corruption probe
Fonseca was not named as a suspect in the matter, which involved the company’s Portugal operations.
After sale, Cheddar implements immediate furloughs
Cheddar has implemented furloughs for some employees, about a week after the channel was sold to a private equity group.