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Evolution of Spectrum |
| 1898 | James Cox establishes what would become Cox Enterprises through acquiring the Dayton Evening News |
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| 1962 | After acquiring dozens of newspapers and local channels over the decades, Cox Enterprises forms its cable business |
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| 1973 | Warner Communications established a cable division that eventually launched QUBE, which popularized cable menus |
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| 1984 | After launching dozens of cable networks with American Express, Warner Cable sold the MTV Networks to Viacom |
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| 1989 | Time Inc. and Warner Communications merged into Time Warner, forming the world's largest media company |
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| 1992 | Time Warner consolidated its separate cable companies into a single business entity called Time Warner Cable |
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| 1993 | Charter Communications was founded and merged with Marcus Cable in 1997 |
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| 2001 | Heavy debt led to AT&T selling its cable division to Comcast while Liberty Media was spun off to comply with regulations |
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| 2003 | Bright House Networks, a former partnership between Time Warner Cable and Advance Publications, began offering its own standalone services |
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| 2007 | Time Warner Cable acquired parts of the bankrupt Adelphia Corporation, and succeeds it as a partially public company |
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| 2009 | Time Warner spun off its majority interest in Time Warner Cable to focus on being a pure-play entertainment company |
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| 2014 | Several years after emerging from bankruptcy, Charter launched Spectrum as its consumer-facing brand |
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| 2016 | After Comcast withdrew from its attempted buyout of TWC, Charter acquired both Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks for $89 billion |
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| 2024 | Charter surpassed Comcast as the largest Pay-TV provider by customers |
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| 2026 | After merging with Cox and acquiring Liberty Broadband, the combined entity is set to retire the "Charter" name. |
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