STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter
Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) and Roku Inc. today announced that the
Spectrum TV App is now available as a channel on Roku® players and
Roku TVs in the U.S. Charter TV customers now have the
ability to stream content included in their Spectrum TV service to
any television in their home connected to a Roku device.
"We are excited to bring our customers greater flexibility and
choice by enabling them to use their Roku devices to access
television content through the Spectrum TV App," said Tom Rutledge, President and CEO of Charter
Communications. "We will continue to add greater
functionality to the channel on Roku devices, including On Demand,
and plan to make Spectrum TV available on additional consumer
electronic set-top boxes and screens."
"With today's announcement, Charter TV customers will now be
able to access their cable programming alongside other streaming
content available on Roku devices. We congratulate Charter on
embracing consumers' desire to stream the video they want," said
Andrew Ferrone, vice president of
pay TV at Roku.
Spectrum TV will be available on Roku streaming players, the
Roku Streaming Stick and Roku TV models. The Spectrum TV App
is also available on iOS and Android devices. To date the
Spectrum TV App has been downloaded over 1.4 million times. The
Spectrum TV app for iOS and Android provides Charter TV customers
with access to approximately 160 Spectrum TV television channels
and over 9,000 on demand titles.
Charter currently serves customers in the following 28 states:
Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New York,
North Carolina, Oregon, South
Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
For more information on Charter and Spectrum TV customers can
visit www.spectrum.com.
About Charter
Charter (NASDAQ: CHTR) is a leading
broadband communications company and the fourth-largest cable
operator in the United States.
Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services,
including Spectrum TV™ video entertainment programming, Spectrum
Internet™ access, and Spectrum Voice™. Spectrum Business™ similarly
provides scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband
communications solutions to business organizations, such as
business-to-business Internet access, data networking, business
telephone, video and music entertainment services, and wireless
backhaul. Charter's advertising sales and production services are
sold under the Spectrum Reach™ brand. More information about
Charter can be found at charter.com
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SOURCE Charter Communications, Inc.