https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvqqy7/charter-and-tribune-are-beefing-over-tv-channels-viewers-can-get-for-free-over-the-air > Charter-owned cable service Spectrum is in a spat with a national broadcaster over a suite of channels that viewers can all access for free over the air. > After not being able to reach a new deal by the December 31 deadline to continue airing the channels, Tribune Broadcasting has blacked out all of its channels for Spectrum subscribers, and both sides have started publishing attacks on each other over the 42 affected affiliate channels, which include local Fox, CW, and CBS channels around the country.