Spectrum unobtrusively reveals a streaming TV service

by JE Cool of tech4today.net

Spectrum, the prevailing cable organization in Southern California, has woken up and smelled the line cutting espresso.

With little exhibit, the organization has revealed another — and less expensive — individually spilling cable, internet and phone service proposed to contend in an undeniably swarmed commercial center with any semblance of Sling TV, DirecTV Now and YouTube TV.

The new administration, Spectrum TV Choice, sees first look like a feasible alternative for the individuals who have cut the link string.

Be that as it may, there's a major catch: You must be a Spectrum internet customer. When every one of the expenses is included, regardless it may bode well to stay with cable.

For anybody new to streaming video, it's a cool method to spare a buck by paying less for fewer stations than accessible with the customary cable pack.

The channels arrive by means of the internet and are transmitted to your TV or cell phone by means of remote switches and thingamabobs, for example, Roku players, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV.

Sling TV, possessed by satellite administrator Dish Network, charges a base cost of $20 every month for around 30 stations. DirecTV Now, claimed by AT&T, charges $35 for in excess of 60 channels. YouTube TV costs $35 (ascending to $40 in March) for in excess of 50 channels.

Comparable administrations likewise are accessible from Hulu and PlayStation.

Spectrum TV Choice begins at $25 a month to month (excluding charges). For that, you'll get the significant communicate systems, 25 music stations and 10 cable stations based on your personal preference from a rundown of 65.

Accessible stations incorporate AMC, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, CNN, Disney Channel, ESPN, FOX News, NFL Network, TCM and the Weather Channel.

Premium channels, for example, HBO, Showtime, and Starz can be attached for just $7.50 each or $15 per month for a superior pack.

Since there's no cable box, there's no DVR administration, so you can't record appears. You can include a crate and DVR usefulness for an additional $20 per month.

Spectrum is likewise offering a marginally extraordinary online administration called cable TV Stream, which as opposed to enabling you to pick 10 most loved channels gives 25 channels based on Spectrum's very own preference.

“Spectrum TV Stream and Spectrum TV Choice are targeted at customers who don’t currently purchase a video product from us,” said Dennis Johnson, a company spokesman. “We continue to launch and test new services to better serve customer demand for more choice.”


Source: The Los Angeles Times 

Spectrum Cable is all you need

by MC Sweet of tech4today.net

With Spectrum cable you can enjoy premium channels without any extra fee, you can watch the best shows on cable TV. Spectrum has TV Silver and TV Gold packages for customers where they can enjoy their favorite premium channels. They get thousands of on-demand choices as well. Spectrum makes it easier for you to catch up on episodes that you missed, so now you don't have to worry if you missed your favorite show.

You no longer need to watch blurry SD Channels since spectrum offers you free HD. You get the best HD channels in spectrum. And the best part is that you don't have to pay for HD.

With the help of Spectrum TV App, you can watch live cable TV Channels which is awesome.

You can also use the app as a remote. You can record your favorite shows with the DVR service. Spectrum is the best internet provider available in the US. You also get the option for parental control which is good for customers with kids, they can always keep an eye on their children with this feature.

SOURCE: CABLETV

Spectrum Lifestyle TV

by MC Sweet of tech4today.net

NEW Spectrum TV Lifestyle is budget-friendly and can help you save a lot of money. You can enjoy the top HD channels which other cable providers usually don't offer. You can watch it on your Apple cable TV and Samsung Smart TV.

Apple TV is basically an entertainment device that receives data from different sources, the data is usually digital, the main job of an apple TV is to stream music or video to a television. In order to use the apple TV you need to first connect it to a high-definition widescreen through an HDMI cable. The device can easily be controlled by an Apple remote.

The lifestyle package offers high-speed internet. The speed is usually 200 MBPS. Customers can get a free internet modem. There are no extra charges for that. There are lots of internet providers that charge their customers for the modem but Spectrum gives it for free.

The internet that spectrum offers is totally unlimited, most of the internet providers offer cheap internet deals but they don't let their customers enjoy unlimited internet. Therefore, spectrum is the best choice for customers.

SOURCE: SPECTRUM

Putting Everything in One Bill with Spectrum Bundles

by MC Sweet of tech4today.net

Cable, internet and phone have become basic necessities these days. It’s almost impossible to live without these three things. It’s always a hassle to pay three different bills for different providers.

Spectrum offers a triple play package which has cable, internet and phone. By bundling up the services, customers can actually save money. They can sign up for the three services and get rid of different bills as individual services can be very expensive.

So if you want to pay less and enjoy more services you need to get the triple play package of spectrum which offers you high speed internet, a very good cable and a phone line so you could stay connected with your loved ones.

You can enjoy more than 200 channels with free HD. You can also get a dvr service which will help you record your favorite shows. You can make unlimited calls nationwide. You also get a free modem with this package.


Spectrum is one of the best internet providers in the US.

SOURCE: LOCAL

Spectrum Offering ‘Spectrum TV Essentials’ To Spectrum Internet Customers

                                                             by JE Cool of tech4today.net

Estimated at $14.99, Spectrum TV Essentials Will Feature More Than 60 Live Popular Channels Including Networks from Viacom, Discovery, A&E, AMC, and Hallmark

Charter Communications, Inc. reported that it will dispatch Spectrum TV Essentials, an imaginative web conveyed over-the-top (OTT) video administration, to be made accessible only in Charter's impression to Spectrum Internet clients who don't as of now buying into Spectrum video administrations. Propelling before the finish of March, Spectrum TV Essentials will incorporate in excess of 60 live well-known way of life, stimulation and news channels, and access to the majority of the related On Demand content these systems make accessible. Contract achieved separate concurrences with programming accomplices including Viacom, Discovery, A&E, AMC, and Hallmark to make this new advertising.

“We’re thrilled to expand and deepen our relationship with Charter. They share both our commitment to the evolution of the Pay TV ecosystem as well as our understanding of the changing needs of consumers,” said Bob Bakish, Viacom President and CEO. “As the video marketplace continues to segment across price points and offerings, we believe a high quality, lower priced option for internet-only subscribers is very important.   We’re excited to have our global brands as part of Spectrum TV Essentials at launch.”

“Spectrum TV Essentials is an OTT offering designed to provide Spectrum Internet-only customers a new low-price, high-value video option,” said Tom Rutledge, Charter Chairman, and CEO. “As we began to assemble the rights for this new video service, we received great enthusiasm and encouragement from these key programming partners, who share our view and embrace creating an innovative video offering we believe will resonate with our internet customers. Notably, Viacom shared its strong belief and research that suggests there is a largely untapped opportunity for a low-priced, entertainment-only bundle unencumbered by the high cost of broadcast re transmission consent fees and expensive sports programming.”

At launch, Spectrum TV Essentials will be accessible for $14.99, in addition, to assess, with no extra expenses or establishment charge. The whole TV Essentials line-up will be accessible through the Spectrum TV App, one of the most elevated utilized, IP-based live TV applications in the U.S., on all bolstered portable and associated gadgets – iOS and Android telephones and tablets, Apple TV, Roku, Xbox One, Amazon Kindle Fire, Samsung Smart TVs and PCs by means of SpectrumTV.com. Spectrum TV App gives a completely intelligent and consistent survey involvement, enabling clients to peruse shows and motion pictures by class or system, total a "Watch List" of most loved substance, set parental controls and significantly more. In the coming months, Charter intends to present a Cloud DVR administration on the Spectrum TV App.

Systems accessible on Spectrum TV Essentials include: A&E, AMC, American Heroes Channel, Animal Planet, AXS TV, BBC America, BBC World News, BET, BET Her, BET Jams, BET Soul, Bloomberg, Cheddar, CLEO TV, CMT, CMT Music, Comedy Central, Cooking Channel, Destination America, Discovery, Discovery Family, Discovery Life, DIY, Food Network, FYI, Game Show Network, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Drama, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, HDNet Movies, HGTV, HISTORY, IFC, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, Logo, MotorTrend Network, MTV, MTV2, MTV Classic, MTV Live, MTVU, NewsmaxTV, Newsy, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Nick Music, Nicktoons, Outdoor Channel, OWN, Paramount Network, Science Channel, Sundance TV, Teen Nick, TLC, Travel Channel, TV Land, VH1, Vineland, The Weather Channel and WEtv. Spectrum News will likewise be a piece of the lineup in New York, Los Angeles, Tampa, Charlotte, Orlando, and different markets. Moreover, beginning in May 2019, Spectrum Originals will wind up access to all Spectrum TV Essential endorsers.

Source: Charter Communication

About Spectrum

by JE Cool of tech4today.net

"We, at our core, are a service organization. And every product we sell has a huge service component."
--Tom Rutledge, President & CEO

Charter Communications is America's quickest developing cable TV, internet and phone organization. They're focused on incorporating the most noteworthy quality administration with unrivaled diversion and interchanges items. The contract is at the crossing point of innovation and diversion, encouraging fundamental correspondences that interface in excess of 26 million private and business clients in 41 states. Our promise to serving clients and surpassing their desires is the bedrock of Charter's business technique and the rationality controls our 94,000 workers.

Services of Quality:

Unrivaled, dependable, steady administrations that convey esteem – that is our core interest. Throughout the years, Charter has put billions of dollars in framework upgrades, releasing the intensity of a propelled, two-way, completely intuitive fiber organize. By moving to this all-advanced system, the present Charter clients appreciate the most HD TV channels, more On Demand decisions and the quickest web speeds.

Charter conveys a wide scope of cable TV, internet and phone services administrations to private and business clients through the Spectrum brand.

Spectrum TV offers more HD than some other supplier, DVR administration and moment access to a huge number of On Demand decisions, numerous in HD. Watch live cable TV anyplace in the home or download films and shows to go on cell phones with the Spectrum TV App or take TV Everywhere with more than 60 channel applications to watch in a hurry.

Spectrum Internet gives the quickest Internet speeds accessible beginning at 100 Mbps. With Spectrum Internet, clients can all the while stream recordings, download music and more without giving up execution. The contract gives free modems and the quickest, most dominant in-home WiFi to accomplish more on more gadgets. Also, on the grounds that Charter doesn't confine web with information tops or additional charges, clients dependably have the opportunity of boundless web access.

Spectrum Voice is a completely highlighted, solid administration with a boundless neighborhood and long-remove considering plans that incorporate phone message and other prevalent calling highlights like call pausing and call sending, in addition to free 411. Serving around 10 million voice clients, Charter is among the biggest suppliers of private telephone administration in the country.

Spectrum Business enables independent companies to accomplish better outcomes by conveying solid Internet, Ethernet, voice and improvement arrangements. Spectrum Business clients appreciate a wide scope of items – from high caliber broadband administrations to telephone frameworks and best level computerized cable TV and music – all adaptable to fulfill the needs of developing companies.

Spectrum Community Solutions give modified, oversaw cable TV, internet and phone administrations to private lofts and other multi-staying units through fiber associations. Spectrum Fiber WiFi conveys the quickest, most dominant association with more transmission capacity and unlimited data.

Spectrum Reach, the publicizing deals division of Charter, offers customary business promoting and new intuitive answers for the cutting edge media scene. Spectrum Reach offers limited time arrangements through national link systems, web publicizing, portable promoting and occasions bolstered by showcasing, explore and imaginative administrations groups.

Spectrum is focused on improving networks and affecting lives where our clients and representatives live and work.

Through our national charitable activity, Spectrum Housing Assist, Charter accomplices with not-for-profit associations to make homes more secure and more beneficial. We draw in workers and network volunteers so as to encourage these essential home fixes, with the objective of improving 50,000 homes constantly 2020.

Source: Spectrum 

Spectrum On Demand Is Free

by JE Cool of tech4today.net

Including accessible programming from NBC, ABC, CBS, spectrum On Demand gives access to a large number of motion pictures and cable TV appears and that's just the beginning.

You can likewise buy into premium stations, Video On Demand and Pay-Per-View, which includes movies, adult programs, special events, live concerts, stand-up comedy specials and more.

Access Requirements:

You need a Spectrum TV membership or Spectrum Internet membership to access On Demand. How and where you can watch On Demand TV Shows or Movies is likewise reliant on your Spectrum membership.

Some programming necessitates that the separation channel or system is incorporated into your Spectrum TV lineup or bundle.

Purchase Restrictions and Parental Controls :
You can oversee get to authorizations for On Demand content by making a Parental Control or potentially Purchase PIN. A Parental Control PIN enables you to square explicit stations and programming dependent on TV or movie evaluations. A Purchase PIN enables you to confine On Demand or Pay-Per-View buys.

Source: Spectrum

Spectrum customers could lose BET, Comedy Central, CMT, MTV, Nickelodeon in Charlotte

                                                    by JE Cool of tech4today.net

Spectrum was shaped when Bright House Networks, Charter Communications, and Time Warner Cable merger.

Including BET, Comedy Central CMT, MTV, Nickelodeon, and TV Land, spectrum clients could lose 23 channels if exchanges fall through among Viacom and Spectrum.

“Viacom has made a series of very attractive offers to Charter that are consistent with terms we’ve recently reached with other large cable operators,” the company added in a statement Wednesday, later adding: “While we’re making every effort to reach a new deal, Charter’s actions may force a disruption in their cable and internet service.”

Viacom says its offers would enable Spectrum clients to keep the channels, enable Spectrum to bring down its clients' bills and give shoppers progressively decision.

“Spectrum is currently working with Viacom to reach an agreement that is fair for everyone,” the company posted on its Facebook account. “We ask for your patience as we work to resolve this issue on your behalf.”

The present arrangement among Spectrum and Viacom is four years of age, as indicated by keepviacom.com, a site went for asking Spectrum clients to contact the cable TV supplier and reveal to them they need to keep the channels.

That bargain terminates Oct. 15, as indicated by Reuters, which refers to an individual acquainted with the circumstance who declined to be distinguished.

Viacom additionally created a progression of recordings highlighting most loved shows from a portion of the prevalent channels to caution Spectrum clients.

In the event that the channels are dropped, it would not be the first run through a noteworthy Charlotte supplier lost a prominent channel.

Amid the NCAA men's b-ball playoffs Charlotte's CBS member, WBTV, was out for AT&T cable

Source: The Charlotte Observer

Hidden costs of Spectrum

by JE Cool of tech4today.net

A cable TV membership is a gold mine of excitement nowadays, with many channels to look over. Tragically, cable TV charges frequently feel more like land mines than gold mines, on account of all the service expenses and duties engaged with conveying that diversion to us all.

To help clear up any perplexity and stay away from amazement, we'll walk you through all the different charges and expenses you may see on your Spectrum bill and clarify the what and why of each.

Note: You may see notices of Charter, Time Warner Cable, or Bright house Networks, contingent upon where you live. That is on the grounds that Spectrum is the aftereffect of a merger between these three cable organizations.  Just be aware that these are all the same company now, and you’ll avoid any confusion.

Summary of Spectrum TV Fees:

1. Broadcast cable TV Fee -  $8.85 per month
2. Professional Installation- $49.99
3. Reconnection Fee- $4.99
4. DVR Equipment Rental- $11.99 per month
5. DVR Service Package (up to 4 DVRs)- Up to $19.99 per month
6. DVR Service Fee (1 DVR)- $12.99 per month
7. HBO, STARZ, SHOWTIME, and Cinemax- $15.00 each per month
8. Late Payment Fee- $8.95

Price Increase after Promo Period Ends: up to $35.00
spectrum pack costs increment by $10.00– $35.00 every quite a long time after the year promotion period closes. The amount of an expansion you'll see relies upon which administrations you group—cable TV costs go up $25.00 every month, and telephone costs go up $10.00 every month.

Obviously, since there's no agreement, there's nothing preventing you from calling and choosing another advancement.

Taxes and Fees: Vary by package and area
"Duties and fees" is the shapeless class of extra charges you may see referenced in the fine print of your cable TV bundle. A great deal of these is administrative charges forced on suppliers by the government, which are then passed onto clients. These expenses once in a while shift by area, however, there are a not many that are basically the nation over.

All suppliers charge these—there's extremely no getting around it. What finds a great many people napping is that they are never incorporated into the publicized cost for an arrangement, so when you get your first bill, the number may not coordinate desires.

A standout amongst the most well-known administrative charges is the Broadcast cable TV Fee, which is $8.85 every month with Spectrum. Another basic expense is the Regional Sports Fee, however, Spectrum clients have all the earmarks of being free for this one.

Installation Fees: $49.99
At $49.99, Spectrum's establishment expense is one of the more sensible ones we've seen. This is the one-time charge you'll see when you have an expert turned out and set up your administration for you.

Spectrum additionally offers a self-introduce unit, and not at all like some different suppliers (taking a gander at you, Xfinity), it doesn't charge for it. Being a link administration, oneself introduce is entirely straightforward, so we'd prescribe a great many people go that course.

Late Payment Fees: $8.95
Most cable organizations charge a late installment expense, and Spectrum is no special case. It offers an abnormally long elegance period, however—you get thirty days after your due date to pay your bill. After that period, you'll be surveyed a late charge of $8.95.

Early Termination Fees: None
spectrum is an agreement free supplier, which means none of its bundles require administration assertions or duties. That likewise implies you won't discover any charges for dropping services, so you're allowed to travel every which way however you see fit.

Source: Cable TV

The Hidden Costs of Cable

by JE Cool of tech4today.net

Getting cable TV is enjoyable. There's continually something to watch with huge amounts of stations, on-request movies, current brandishing occasions, and twenty-four-hour news programming.

Getting the bill? Well, that is less fun.

Television suppliers' limited time costs are deliberately engaging, however, you have to keep an eye out for second-year value bounces. What's more, since establishment expenses, gear charges, and premium channel expenses can fluctuate depending on your arrangement, you, for the most part, won't see them incorporated into the early on valuing either.

While these are basic realities of the satellite cable TV and web industry, that doesn't mean you need to sign with a supplier without recognizing what you're getting into. We're here to inform you concerning each cost you may experience when Cox Communications is your supplier.


It's standard for plans to ascend in costs following a year-long limited time period. In any case, don't stress that you'll be constrained into these raised rates—Cox designs don't have contracts, so you can leave or change your arrangement whenever you feel it's excessively.

Taxes, Fees, and Surcharges for Cox Plans:
Much the same as purchasing staple goods or garments, Cox cable TV and web services will cost you somewhat additional for charges and expenses. Notwithstanding government charges, you may likewise have state and nearby expenses, just as video communicate or territorial games additional charges.

These expenses fluctuate the nation over, yet the ones for your service territory will be noted on your bill.

Installation Fee:
Cox puts together its establishment charges with respect to the kind of plan you buy. In the event that you get just a single administration from Cox, you'll need to pay the maximum for an establishment. Be that as it may, in the event that you pack with a Double Play or Triple Play, self-establishment is incorporated and proficient establishment charges go down.

Cox cable TV Equipment Fees:
Record 6 DVR= $28.49/mo.
Record 2 DVR= $21.49/mo.
Receivers= $8.50/mo.
Mini Box= $2.99/mo.
Cable Card= $2.99/mo.

Cox Internet Equipment Fees:
Panoramic WiFi Modem is $9.99/mo.

Cox Cancellation Fees:
Cox designs don't accompany an agreement, so you won't need to stress over dropping charges. Don't hesitate to leave in the event that you ever feel the expenses of cable TV and web are overloading you.

Late Payment Fees:
On the off chance that you miss an installment, Cox can drop your administration, however, it's almost certain it'll attempt to gather your installment first. The sum you'll pay in late expenses can shift depending on the move Cox makes, yet it's probably going to charge you $25.00 for making an additional move.

There's not a great deal of squirm room on this one, and that is genuinely standard for the business, so ensure you pay your bills on time!

Source: Cable TV