Oh, and after your first two years of service, the monthly cost of Spectrum TV Choice will jump to $30 and then $38 (not including taxes) the year after that. So factor in the $25 monthly TV Choice fee and you’re looking at a minimum $90 a month.īy comparison, you can sign up for the company’s Triple Play bundle - TV, phone and internet - for about the same price and not only get more telecom services but about 125 channels to boot. Spectrum’s broadband internet access will run you at least $65 a month. All the rival streaming services will work with any internet service provider. Spectrum TV Choice is only available to Spectrum internet customers. I can only speculate that the company is worried a close look will reveal its streaming services aren’t very good deals. Johnson said Spectrum isn’t offering demos for media reviews. I asked if I could take TV Choice out for a test drive. Johnson said only that to describe the TV Choice rollout as a stealth campaign “would be misleading and not accurate.” All appearances to the contrary notwithstanding. That makes you wonder why Spectrum isn’t aggressively marketing them - why the stealth approach? You can’t even find a video touting the services on Spectrum’s YouTube channel. Apparently they’ve been available in Southern California for weeks. “We continue to launch and test new services to better serve customer demand for more choice.”Īlthough Spectrum has been testing the new services in a handful of markets, I only learned about them by chance, while researching a related topic. “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. Spectrum is also offering a slightly different online service called TV Stream, which instead of allowing you to choose 10 favorite channels provides 25 channels of Spectrum’s own choosing. You can add a box and DVR functionality for an extra $20 a month. Premium channels such as HBO, Showtime and Starz can be tacked on for just $7.50 apiece or $15 a month for a premium bundle.īecause there’s no cable box, there’s no DVR service, so you can’t record shows. For that you’ll get the major broadcast networks, 25 music channels and 10 cable channels of your choosing from a list of 65.Īvailable channels include AMC, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, CNN, Disney Channel, ESPN, FOX News, NFL Network, TCM and the Weather Channel. Spectrum TV Choice starts at $25 monthly (not including taxes). Similar services also are available from Hulu and PlayStation. YouTube TV costs $35 (rising to $40 in March) for more than 50 channels. DirecTV Now, owned by AT&T, charges $35 for more than 60 channels. Sling TV, owned by satellite operator Dish Network, charges a base price of $20 a month for about 30 channels.
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