Charter Communications and ESPN have a distribution agreement for...

Charter Communications and ESPN have a distribution agreement for ESPN’s SEC Network, the companies said in a news release Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1y6a8p8). The new channel, focused on showing live Southeastern Conference college sporting events and related content, will launch Aug. 14, and be available in all Charter markets, they said. Authenticated subscribers will also be able to watch games on SEC network’s digital outlets, which include WatchESPN and SECNetwork.com, they said. DirecTV recently agreed to carry the network (CD Aug 6 p16).