Disney has announced a new multi-year with Charter Communications to bring its full suite of sports, news and entertainment to Spectrum TV customers, including Hulu, ESPN+ and Disney+.

Here are the official details:

Charter Communications and The Walt Disney Company today announced a comprehensive distribution agreement to continue to deliver Disney’s robust lineup of premier sports, news and entertainment content to Spectrum customers. It expands upon the previous deal and supports the companies’ mutual goal to deliver the best video content to customers across multiple platforms.

The new agreement contemplates Charter’s future distribution of Disney’s streaming services, including Hulu, ESPN+ and the soon-to-be-launched Disney+. Spectrum TV will also offer customers access to ESPN’s upcoming ACC Network when it launches on August 22. Additionally, Disney and Charter have also agreed to work together on piracy mitigation. The two companies will work together to implement business rules and techniques to address such issues as unauthorized access and password sharing.

Spectrum TV will also continue to provide its customers widespread access to ABC, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Freeform, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Goal Line, ESPN Bases Loaded, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, and the newly acquired networks of FX, FXX, FXM, Fox Life, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo, and BabyTV.

“This agreement will allow Spectrum to continue delivering to its customers popular Disney content, makes possible future distribution by Spectrum of Disney streaming services, and will begin an important collaborative effort to address the significant issue of piracy mitigation,” said Tom Montemagno, EVP, Programming Acquisition for Charter.

Added Sean Breen, SVP, Disney Media Distribution: “Our new agreement with Charter allows us to continue serving Spectrum TV customers with the full value of the Walt Disney Television and ESPN networks, including the newly acquired FX and Nat Geo networks. ACC fans can also rest assured that they will be able to watch their favorite teams on Spectrum, one of the largest distributors across the ACC footprint, when ACC Network launches next week.”

Bringing Disney’s new streaming services onto the Spectrum platform is a big step in getting Disney+ onto as many devices as possible and easier for customers to sign up.  The main focus on the deal was getting the traditional TV networks sorted and the wording of the statement doesn’t automatically mean Disney+ will be available on Spectrum on November 12th, but with a few more months to go, hopefully they can sort this out quickly.

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2 Comments

  1. Jeremy November 24, 2019

    I have Spectrum internet, and I can't even access Disney+. If I disconnect the wifi from my phone, I can use the app, but not with the wifi. So much for integration.

  2. Deborah Klimas June 23, 2020

    I was trying to figure out if I have Disney plus with my Spectrum account. It looks like I don't. It looks like it is coming soon with added ESPN and Hulu.. I am not a sports watcher and am not interested in paying extra for more sports. I am semiretired and on a fixed income and just don't have the extra money.