{
  "id": 2146759,
  "title": "Charter Closes Acquisition Of Rival Cox, Expanding Spectrum Pay-TV And Broadband To 45 States",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/charter-closes-acquisition-of-rival-cox-expanding-spectrum-pay-tv-and",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-20T13:33:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/charter-cox-merger-spectrum-pay-tv-broadband-1237046154/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Charter Communications said Thursday it has closed its $34.5 billion acquisition of rival Cox Enterprises, creating a new cable and broadband giant. The combined company will have 38 million subscribers to video, internet and wireless services, with the Spectrum brand to be available in 45 states in the U.S. starting in September. Charter had been […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}