A cable dispute in the New York City area will see thousands lose access to Spectrum News NY1 and News 12 as Spectrum ceases to carry News 12. This decision follows Optimum's parent company, Altice USA, withdrawing from industry trade organizations, prompting Spectrum's parent, Charter Communications, to end the reciprocal agreement. While the companies cite collaboration and relationships as key factors in the decision, Optimum argues that the arrangement was unrelated to their organizational membership and emphasizes the importance of local news for consumers.
"Customers are being notified via on-air channel slates and bill messages or inserts of this change..." - Chris Bresnan, Optimum's senior director of government affairs.
"Altice has removed itself from these groups and the professional courtesy of peer-to-peer collaboration no longer exists with their company." - Spectrum spokesperson Don Kaplan.
"Our joint involvement in various cable industry organizations has nothing to do with maintaining the long-standing reciprocal programming agreement that benefited hundreds of thousands of viewers..." - Erin Smyth, Optimum spokesperson.
"This battle doesn't seem to be centered on money, but on the companies' relations and collaboration in industry organizations." - Article Synopsis.
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