Spectrum

Brand of Charter Communications used to market telecommunications services

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September 2024 Spectrum launched their 'Life Unlimited' (4.0) brand platform, introducing Spectrum Internet Premier as their base internet access package with 500/20 Mbit/s speeds.
2022 Spectrum began a three-phase network upgrade plan, with the first phase deploying a high-split architecture to enable gigabit upload speeds.
August 11 2022 Charter Communications announced the phase-out of Spectrum Originals due to rising production costs.
April 18 2022 The Spectrum workers' strike concluded, marking the longest strike in United States history at nearly five years.
March 23 2022 Spectrum increased base package internet speeds to 200/10 Mbit/s across all service areas.
April 13 2020 Premiered Paradise Lost series.
March 2020 The National Labor Relations Board found 'a serious and substantial issue' with Spectrum's efforts to decertify the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 union.
March 9 2020 Premiered the Sky One series Temple.
February 19 2020 Announced Paradise Lost would premiere on April 13, 2020.
February 13 2020 Announced the premiere of Sky One series Temple.
February 3 2020 Premiered Manhunt: Deadly Games.
January 18 2020 Announced Manhunt: Unabomber would return as Manhunt: Deadly Games.
November 20 2019 Premiered six episodes of the revived Mad About You series.
July 15 2019 Premiered Todo por el juego/Side Games.
June 26 2019 Announced the DirecTV Latin America original series Todo por el juego (Everything for the Game), to be offered with an English-dubbed version called Side Games.
June 11 2019 Announced the series pickup for Paradise Lost.
May 13 2019 L.A.'s Finest premiered as the first original series on Spectrum, representing Charter's initial venture into original programming.
March 6 2019 Spectrum picked up a 12-episode eighth season of the NBC sitcom Mad About You (originally aired 1992-1999).
2018 Charter Communications agreed to pay a $174 million fine to New York state to avoid having its franchise revoked, after failing to meet promised high-speed internet service expansion commitments from its merger with Time Warner Cable.
June 30 2018 Charter launched Spectrum Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator service utilizing Verizon's network and their own Wi-Fi network for extended coverage.
June 26 2018 Charter Communications announced a series order for L.A.'s Finest, a 13-episode first season, marking the beginning of Spectrum's original programming efforts.
December 2017 Charter began rollout of DOCSIS 3.1 technology, initially in early TWC Maxx markets, increasing internet speeds and adding a gigabit tier.
May 23 2017 Approximately 1,800 Spectrum workers initiated a strike in New York City, protesting the company's attempts to modify workers' health insurance and pension plans.
2012 Time Warner Cable removed all mentions of branded mobile broadband services from their website and began transitioning customers directly to Verizon.
2011 Time Warner Cable stopped signing up new Road Runner Mobile customers on Clearwire WiMAX service and began reselling Verizon Wireless 4G LTE services instead.

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