# Who does Charter Communications, Inc. pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/charter-communications · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-24T11:00:17.921025+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Charter Communications, Inc.'s confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Verizon, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 3 cost edges, backed by 5 dated sources, 2 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-24).

### Cox Communications (high)
- metric: Contract value $4B · pending Cox Transactions announced 2025-05-16 · Cash consideration Charter was obligated to fund for the Cox Transactions
- note: Charter agreed to combine with Cox Communications, including its commercial fiber, managed IT and cloud operations and residential cable assets. The transaction remained conditional at year-end 2025, with Charter obligated to fund $4.0 billion of cash consideration.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-01-30) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091667/000109166726000017/chtr-20251231.htm: "obligated to fund $4.0 billion"
- [confirms] S&P Global Market Intelligence (EN, analysis, published 2025-05-16) https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/articles/2025/5/charter-cox-to-merge-mobile-business-strategies-in-largest-us-cable-company-89072898: "agreed to combine in a $34.5 billion deal"

### Xumo Services (high)
- metric: Market share 50 percent · FY2025 year-end · Charter's equity interest in the Xumo Services joint venture
- note: Charter operates next-generation streaming platform Xumo Services as a 50/50 joint venture with Comcast. Charter reported $503 million of total equity-method investments at year-end 2025 but did not disclose Xumo's standalone carrying value.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-01-30) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091667/000109166726000017/chtr-20251231.htm: "50/50 joint venture with Comcast"

### 버라이즌 (high)  → /verizon.md
- note: Charter buys wholesale access to Verizon's wireless network to provide nationwide 4G and 5G coverage for Spectrum Mobile. Both companies' 10-K filings confirm the relationship, but neither discloses the counterparty-specific payment amount.
- [confirms] Verizon Communications Inc. (EN, filing, published 2026-02-17) https://www.verizon.com/about/sites/default/files/2025-Annual-Report-on-Form-10k.pdf: "Resellers include cable companies, such as Comcast Corporation and Charter Communications"
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-01-30) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091667/000109166726000017/chtr-20251231.htm: "leveraging the cellular network of Verizon"

### Disney (mid)  → /disney.md
- metric: Amount $2.2B (est.) · 2019 carriage agreement annual average · Estimated average annual Disney carriage consideration paid by Spectrum, reported by AP citing S&P Global
- note: Charter pays carriage consideration to offer Disney networks and streaming services through Spectrum pay TV. AP, citing an S&P Global estimate, put the average annual value of the 2019 carriage agreement at $2.2 billion.
- [confirms] Korea Creative Content Agency (KO, analysis, published 2024-08-12) https://www.kocca.kr/trend/vol39/file/Broadcasting_Trends_vol39.pdf: "Charter raised carriage payments to Disney and added Disney+ and ESPN+ to Spectrum packages."
- [confirms] Associated Press (EN, news, published 2023-09-01) https://apnews.com/article/disney-spectrum-cable-stations-cutoff-charter-e23fc3daa2b91df92ad9efe04bd79da0: "Disney gets an average of $2.2 billion per year"

### 워너브러더스 디스커버리 (mid)  → /warner-bros-discovery.md
- note: Charter is a long-term distributor that bundles WBD's linear networks and the ad-supported Max and Discovery+ services into Spectrum packages, and the financial terms were not disclosed.
- [confirms] Warner Bros. Discovery (EN, ir, published 2024-09-12) https://ir.wbd.com/news-and-events/financial-news/financial-news-details/2024/WARNER-BROS.-DISCOVERY-AND-CHARTER-COMMUNICATIONS-ANNOUNCE-EARLY-RENEWAL-AGREEMENT-THAT-FURTHER-REIMAGINES-THE-FUTURE-OF-VIDEO--2024-o5KDIfMNzg/default.aspx: "The companies announced a multi-year distribution partnership integrating linear video and streaming services."

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