Charter and NBCUniversal inked a deal this week that expands access for Charter’s Spectrum TV subscribers to NBCUniversal’s full suite of programming options. Under the deal announced this week, a subscription to Spectrum’s cable TV bundle will include access to Peacock+ streaming content, with occasional commercial breaks.
Customers can pay an additional fee to have an ad-free version of Peacock+. The deal also recommits the companies to continuing distribution of NBC’s mainstream broadcast, entertainment, news, and sports channels.
Charter has struck similar deals with other major content providers, including Disney for access to Disney+, Warner Bros. Discovery for access to Max, and Paramount for access to Paramount+. In all these cases, the ad-supported tier of service is included with its cable TV bundles, with an option to pay extra for ad-free service.
The content provider will receive a negotiated fee for each Charter TV subscriber with access to this content. Many expect that the monthly cost of a Charter cable bundle will increase from current prices, as a result of the increase in these embedded costs.