Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable is an American cable provider, owned by Charter Communications and Illusion Telecom. It was spun off from Time Warner Cable, a cable TV provider owned by TimeWarner that operated from 1992-2011.

2013-2016
In 2012, Illusion Telecom bought the remains of Time Warner Cable from Time Warner after it closed in 2011. Former TWC customers were sent letters and e-mails about the “new and improved Time Warner Cable”. Illusion prioritized making all of the new TWC look just like the old one. However, some of TWC’s technologies, like the SARA guide, were auctioned off to Charter Communications in 2012, forcing Illusion to upgrade all boxes to a newer “Navigator” guide, with a simplistic dark theme.

2016 acquisitions
In 2016, Illusion’s offer to purchase the cable TV branch of Charter Communications was proposed, and accepted later that year. They also purchased Bright House Networks, however, no prominent changes were made to the company. Illusion purchased Charter Communications‘ cable division on an agreement that they would hold a minimum of 15% in the cable company, however, they got more, specifically 25% in the company. The acquisitions were made in hopes of reaching more former TWC customers, as TimeWarner transitioned customers who didn’t cancel their services to Charter/Spectrum. This would also grant them permission to use the other former TWC assets, including permission to use Business Class as part of their services. By 2017, all Charter/Spectrum customers were temporarily moved to a new TWC region as they worked to rebrand all the Charter/Spectrum technologies under Time Warner Cable.

Trivia & Other Info
In 2017, Time Warner Cable News expanded to Illusion‘s other cable provider, Illusion Cable Systems as Illusion News. This network was short lived since ICS merged with TWC in early 2018.

Bright House Network’s exclusive news channels, Central News 9 and MyNews 13 rebranded as Bright House Networks News immediately after Illusion bought it.