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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