Otherwise, he said, Charter will take pains to preserve broadband relationships with customers who drop video service.

2 cable operator in the U.S. with 14.7 million customers.

Charter estimated that it pays $2.2 billion a year to Disney to license its programming.

Spectrum, Disney, ESPN

Spectrum, Disney, ESPNGetty/Disney

It has not yet determined how it will offer credits to customers affected by the dispute.

The accelerating downturn has left all stakeholders in the pay-TV bundle at a crossroads, the company said.

Its a lot of overlap, he said.

Carlos Alcaraz