TVN will be the exclusive distributor of The Karaoke Channel, a VOD channel featuring 300-500 songs from parent Sound Choice’s library of titles. Ops can chose to make the channel available on free VOD or SVOD. So far, Advanced, Armstrong, Bend, Blue Ridge, Buckeye, Champion, Click, Muscatine, Shrewsbury, Sunflower, Verizon and Wave have signed on for carriage. — Happy 2nd birthday to Concert, the VOD network turned 2 Mon. The indie specializing in live music has grown from 3mln HHs to more than 13mln through deals with Comcast, Cox, Charter, Adelphia and others via In Demand and TVN. Impressive for a net that’s still based out of co-founder/pres Michael Shimbo’s NY loft (where he still lives). Concert’s achieved the holy grail of VOD by establishing a business model as an ad-supported, non-linear network with blue chip advertisers, including Coca-Cola. — Shirley Brady

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Charter Posts First Video Gains Since 2020

Charter’s streak of video declines came to a halt Friday when the company announced 44,000 total video net additions in 4Q25. And while it might not be a trend Charter sees as holding true in the long term, for now, it can celebrate a feat it hasn’t been able to say in 21 quarters.

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