Charter Returns to Pay-TV Net Adds for First Time Since 2020 with $117/Month Streaming Bundle
• Ends 18-quarter decline with 49,000 net adds in Q4 — "Video is now a killer app"
• 10 SVOD services bundled at $117 retail value drives churn reduction
• $34.5B Cox acquisition to create largest U.S. cable operator with 70M+ homes
Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), the second-largest cable operator in the United States, has achieved a historic milestone with net pay-TV subscriber additions in Q4 2025. This marks the first quarterly net gain since the COVID-19 pandemic-driven surge in 2020, demonstrating that traditional pay-TV can survive—and even thrive—amid the relentless assault from streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+. The achievement has captured the attention of the global media industry as a potential blueprint for legacy operators navigating the streaming era.
Charter announced on Thursday from its Stamford, Connecticut headquarters that residential video subscribers increased by 49,000 in Q4 2025—a dramatic reversal from the 123,000 net loss in the same quarter of 2024. Including small and medium business (SMB) customers, total video subscribers grew by 44,000.