
On Monday, Charter Communications announced a broad-reaching plan to fundamentally change how it distributes regional sports networks, both on its cable system, as well as the program guides on competing pay TV operators.
Buried in the third paragraph of the press release was this seemingly important nugget: "Additionally, Charter plans to launch a direct-to-consumer (DTC) alternative for its own Regional Sports Networks (RSNs), Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum SportsNet LA, which will be made available to all affiliate subscribers for free."