Oasis Inks On-Demand Pacts With Charter, Cox

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Upstart personal growth and lifestyle channel Oasis TV has reached distribution deals with Cox Communications and Charter Communications for carriage of its personal growth and healthy lifestyles-oriented on-demand service.

Cox will launch Oasis TV to 3.3 million households covering 20 television markets, including Phoenix, San Diego, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Cleveland and Orange County, Calif.

Charter will offer the service - which provides 15 hours of VOD programming a month - to 2.7 million of its subscribers in several markets, including St. Louis; Fort Worth, Texas; and Long Beach, Calif.

Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.