Cox Media Group vs Liberty Broadband Corporation

Orlando Magic Local TV Rights Move to Cox Media Group

The Orlando Magic announced Cox Media Group will become the team’s local television partner beginning in the 2026–27 season, moving many locally televised regular-season games to free over-the-air broadcast. In the Orlando market games will air on WRDQ‑TV 27 with select games on WFTV Channel 9; in Jacksonville games will air on Action Sports Jax TV (WJAX‑TV 47.2) with some broadcasts on CBS47 and FOX30. The deal covers local regular-season games, pregame/postgame shows, replays and other team programming; nationally televised games remain with the NBA’s national partners. The article frames this as part of a broader industry shift away from regional sports networks toward free local broadcast and potential centralized local streaming solutions in future seasons.

• Cox Media Group will be the Orlando Magic’s new local television partner beginning with the 2026–27 season.
• Games will air free over the air on WRDQ‑TV 27 in Orlando, with select games on WFTV Channel 9.
• In Jacksonville, Magic games will air on Action Sports Jax TV (WJAX‑TV 47.2), with some games also available on CBS47 and FOX30.

Charlotte Hornets Move Local Games to Free TV

The Charlotte Hornets announced that Cox Media Group’s WSOC Channel 9 and TV64 will become the team’s local broadcast home for the 2026–27 NBA season, airing every regular-season game not nationally televised free over the air in the Charlotte area. The agreement expands a prior experiment that put a small number of Hornets games on free TV in 2025 and a 12-game simulcast in 2025–26. The team says a direct-to-consumer streaming solution will be announced later as the NBA explores a centralized local streaming hub for local rights. The move is part of a broader league trend away from the traditional RSN model toward free broadcast and alternative streaming arrangements.

• Cox Media Group’s WSOC Channel 9 and TV64 will be the Charlotte Hornets’ local broadcast home for the 2026–27 season.
• Stations will air every Hornets regular-season game that is not nationally televised free over the air in the Charlotte market.
• The 2026–27 deal expands prior free-TV experiments: a five-game free-TV package announced in January 2025 and a 12-game simulcast during the 2025–26 season.

Cox Media Group expands television brand portfolio from 15 to 17

Cox Media Group now delivers 17 high-quality, market-leading television brands in 9 markets, up from 15 previously.

8-K Financial Filing Analysis for Liberty Broadband Corporation (2026-08-21)

Die Liberty Broadband Corporation hat den erfolgreichen Abschluss ihrer Fusion mit Charter Communications, Inc. zum 19. August 2026 bekannt gegeben. Im Rahmen der reinen Aktientransaktion wurde Liberty Broadband zu einer indirekten hundertprozentigen Tochtergesellschaft von Charter; die Series A, B und C Common Stocks wurden mit einem Umtauschverhältnis von 0,236 in Charter Class A Common Stock umgewandelt, während die Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock im Verhältnis 1:1 getauscht wurde. Infolge des Vollzugs beantragte Liberty Broadband das Delisting seiner Aktien von der Nasdaq und besetzte den Vorstand vollständig neu. Parallel dazu beglich Liberty bestehende Finanzverbindlichkeiten durch die Rückzahlung von 919,0 Mio. USD aus einem Margin Loan Agreement sowie die vollständige Tilgung von Krediten in Höhe von ca. 359,1 Mio. USD gegenüber Charter.

• Liberty Broadband fusionierte mit Charter Communications, wobei die Series A, B und C Stammaktien im Verhältnis 0,236 in Charter Class A Common Stock und die Series A Preferred Stock im Verhältnis 1:1 umgetauscht wurden.
• Rückzahlung von 919,0 Mio. USD an Tilgungsbetrag im Rahmen des Margin Loan Agreements sowie vollständige Begleichung von Verbindlichkeiten in Höhe von rund 359,12 Mio. USD gegenüber Charter.
• Beantragung des vollständigen Delistings an der Nasdaq und vollständige Neubesetzung des Board of Directors durch die Charter-Vertreter Jessica Fischer, Jamal Haughton und Jeff Murphy.