Spectrum News NY1 Now Available to Xfinity TV Customers in Northern New Jersey and Western Connecticut

NEW YORK, NY - Spectrum News today announced its New York City-based Emmy Award-winning local news network Spectrum News NY1 is now available to Xfinity TV customers across Northern New Jersey and Western Connecticut. As part of the previously announced distribution agreement with Comcast, Xfinity TV customers in New Jersey and Connecticut now receive NY1 on channel 1125 of their TV lineup.

"No one covers New York City like Spectrum News NY1," said Sam Singal, Group Vice President of News and Content, Spectrum News. "What happens here impacts the entire tri-state area, and residents who want to be fully informed turn to NY1 for our comprehensive and balanced political reporting, and around-the-clock community-driven reporting."

The network features 24/7 coverage of the day's top locally and nationally relevant stories, breaking news reports, real-time traffic reports, and local weather every 10 minutes. NY1 has the largest political team of any local news network in New York City, with programming dedicated to looking at city, state and national politics with unmatched depth and insight.

NY1's political programming includes the nightly hour-long political news TV program, " Inside City Hall ," hosted by Political Anchor Errol Louis, two weekly political podcasts, " Off Topic/On Politics " and " You Decide ," the weekly public affairs program "In Focus with Cheryl Wills," around-the-clock coverage of New York City politics, as well as coverage of state and national government from Spectrum News teams located in Albany and Washington, D.C.

Spectrum News has continued to expand its reach in recent years, launching several local linear TV news networks, a streaming news network, Spectrum News+ ; a Spanish-language news network, Spectrum Noticias ; introducing a mobile news app currently with over 5.5 million downloads; and creating its local connected TV news app on Xumo Stream Box, Roku and Apple TV, underscoring its commitment to making Spectrum News available and accessible across multiple platforms.

About Spectrum Networks

Spectrum Networks is a series of 24/7 news and sports networks owned and operated by Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR), a leading broadband connectivity company with services available to 58 million homes and small to large businesses in 41 states, supported by our 100% U.S.-based employees. Spectrum Networks carry distinct, comprehensive, and exclusive local programming on over 30 networks across Charter's footprint. More information on Spectrum Networks is available at spectrumlocalnews.com .

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