Charter CEO Shouts Out David Zaslav, Says TV Programmers Know “We Are Fighting For Video In A Way That Almost Nobody Else Is”

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Charter Communications CEO Chris Winfrey says the Spectrum pay-TV and broadband parent is “fighting for video,” in collaboration with frenemies like Warner Bros.

Discovery CEO David Zaslav. Speaking at the UBS Media and Communications Conference, Winfrey took stock of the path the company has taken since a high-profile September 2023 showdown with Disney.

After that bruising carriage fight, which ended in a novel agreement after a 10-day blackout, Charter has gone on to integrate streaming services worth roughly $80 a month at retail for customers of some Spectrum tiers.

The latest outlet on that list is Max, under a distribution renewal reached in September by WBD and Charter. The “complicated process” of executing the streaming strategy will culminate in the first half of 2025 with the creation of “what I would call a ‘video store,'” Winfrey said.