Charter Communications

Charter Adds Spectrum SportsNet LA After Cox Acquisition

Charter Communications has completed its acquisition of Cox Communications and, following the announcement, expanded distribution of Spectrum SportsNet LA into former Cox markets within the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast territory. Beginning August 20, 2026, Spectrum customers in specified former Cox service areas (Las Vegas, Orange County, Palos Verdes, Santa Barbara) with Contour TV Preferred or Contour TV Ultimate will receive SportsNet LA on assigned channel numbers, timed ahead of the August 21 Dodgers game. The channel is the exclusive 24/7 linear television home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and will carry pregame and postgame studio programming.

Charter Completes Acquisitions of Cox and Liberty Broadband

Charter Communications has completed previously announced transactions acquiring Cox Communications and Liberty Broadband Corporation, combining the businesses into a single broadband and video provider with operations across 45 states. The deal gives a Cox Enterprises subsidiary equity and cash consideration, leaves roughly $12 billion of Cox debt at Charter subsidiaries, and transfers Liberty Broadband shareholders into Charter stock while Charter assumed Liberty Broadband net debt. Spectrum will begin offering a free mobile line for a year to eligible former Cox internet customers, roll out its full product lineup in former Cox markets, and extend Spectrum customer service standards and sales workforce into those areas. The combined company plans expanded advertising opportunities, continued local news coverage through Spectrum Networks, and has announced leadership roles for Alex Taylor (Chairman) and Eric Zinterhofer (lead independent director).

T-Mobile Cut a Cable to Expel Chinese Hackers

TechCrunch reports, citing Bloomberg, that T-Mobile identified and expelled Chinese government-backed hackers from its network in 2024 by physically severing a network cable to isolate a compromised system. The intrusions were part of a wider Salt Typhoon campaign that targeted hundreds of telecoms, internet companies and datacenter providers to collect phone records and information on senior U.S. officials. T-Mobile’s cybersecurity chief Jeff Simon and colleagues reportedly located the compromised box at a Bellevue, Washington data center and cut the external connection. Other affected companies cited include AT&T, Verizon, Viasat, Charter and Windstream.