Charter and WBD Sign Distribution Agreement That Includes Streaming Terms

Warner Bros. Discovery and Charter Communications have inked a multiyear distribution agreement that ties together linear video with streaming services, the two said Thursday. Under the agreement, Charter's Spectrum TV Select subscribers receive Discovery+ and ad-supported Max for free. The agreement also renews Spectrum's carriage of WBD's linear networks. WBD CEO David Zaslav said the companies "did this agreement together nearly a year early to set a framework for the future and to provide more consumers access to our unparalleled content offering while giving the industry more resilience as it evolves." Charter in the past 12 months has signed similar deals involving streaming and linear channels with programmers including Disney (see 2309110034), AMC Networks and Paramount Global.