Predecessor to Suddenlink Communications was Cebridge Communications that was formed in September 2003 by its parent company Cequel III.
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19 Facts About Suddenlink Communications
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Suddenlink Communications invested in Classic Communications on February 10,2003 shortly after it emerged from bankruptcy.
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Classic Suddenlink Communications was founded in 1992 by Merritt Belisle and Steven Seach and the company was taken public on October 31,1999 and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on November 14,2001.
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Suddenlink Communications completed a $600 million debt offering on November 5,2009 which allowed the company to make significant upgrades.
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In July 2013 Suddenlink was the first major cable provider that all technicians and installers with the company for 90 days or more had obtained at least one professional certifications from Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers.
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Four years after its last acquisition Suddenlink gained 8,000 subscribers it acquired from Windjammer Communications on August 1,2010.
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Suddenlink would go on to complete two more acquisitions in 2014 the first was Northand Communications that closed on January 2 and New Wave Communications that closed on October 1.
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Suddenlink Communications announced on July 18,2012 that the company reached an agreement to be acquired for $6.
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At time of merger with Optimum, Suddenlink Communications operated services in twelve states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia.
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Suddenlink Communications has been involved with two high-profile carriage disputes over the years.
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Sinclair argued that Suddenlink Communications's proposals included no compensation and no response to their counteroffer.
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Suddenlink subsequently filed an Emergency Retransmission Consent Complaint with the Federal Communications Commission on July 5,2006 claiming Sinclair failed to negotiate in good faith for the stations and demanded Suddenlink to stop carriage of the two stations during a Nielsen rating sweeps period.
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Suddenlink Communications claimed it was obliged to carry the stations until the end of the Nielsen sweeps, yet this was disputed with Sinclair claiming the rule was intended to benefit broadcasters, not distributors.
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Suddenlink Communications noted the majority of its customer base "do not want the Viacom channels" and did not want to pay more for Viacom's channels and wanted others instead.
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Viacom claimed that Suddenlink Communications rejected one of its own proposals and informed them they would drop the channels.
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Suddenlink Communications maintained that Viacom rejected every proposal the company made to continue carrying Viacom's channels.
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Suddenlink Communications reorganized their channel lineups to replace the Viacom channels; some of the replacements were already available to Suddenlink Communications while some were not previously available.
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Suddenlink Communications noted that some of the replacement channels were viewed more than some of the dropped channels.
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