Charter’s Cox Deal Gives Spectrum More Households and Programmers a Bigger Distribution Partner

Charter Communications has closed its $34.5 billion combination with Cox, adding 5.9 million internet customers and giving Spectrum a much larger base to cross-sell mobile, streaming and video products. The added scale also strengthens Charter’s leverage with programmers as broadband growth slows, making wholesale streaming distribution and higher-value multi-product households more important to…