24/7 Wall St. has released their annual list of the most hated companies in America, and legacy pay TV companies (cable and satellite providers) are well-represented. Pay TV took the top spot, as well as the eighth and twelfth.
The most hated pay TV company of all? You guessed it: Comcast. Comcast finished an uncharacteristic seventh place last year, but they have claimed their rightful spot this year. Congratulations, guys!
Charter ranked twelfth on the list. It's probably a good thing, then, that Charter's merger with Time Warner Cable led to the reinvention of the companies' newly joined public-facing brand. That new brand – “Spectrum” – doesn't mean much to consumers just yet, but the Charter brand is clearly still poisonous.
Dish Network ended up in eighth, which is awful, but a lot better than the third place they took last year. Another telecom, Sprint, also made the cut (ranking in at number 10). Non-telecoms making the list included Bank of America, pharmaceutical company Mylan, and McDonalds (2, 3, and 4, respectively).
You can read the complete list here.
The scum rise to the top.