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Charter Communications, a major broadband provider and the No. 2 U.S. cable TV operator, has promoted Chris Winfrey to CEO. On December 1, he will succeed longtime cable business leader Tom Rutledge, who will segue to an executive chairman role after five decades in the industry. Winfrey had most recently been COO at…

A Texas judge ruled today that big cabler Charter Communications must pay $1.15 billion to the estate and heirs of a woman murdered by a repairman of the big cabler. The figure was reduced from an initial $7.38 billion by Dallas County Judge Juan Renteria after a jury found the company guilty in the case of a Spectrum…

Comcast and Charter, the top two cable TV operators in the U.S., are forming a streaming joint venture based on Comcast’s popular Xfinity Flex devices. The 50-50 partnership will make the service available as 4K connected devices and smart-TVs sold in national retail stores as well as directly through Charter and…

NBCUniversal parent Comcast and publicly traded cable stocks dropped Friday on Wall Street fears of slowing broadband growth post-Covid after the industry rode a wave of new signups. Broadband, as in high-speed internet service, has been the counterbalance to a narrative of cord cutting and the declining video bundle…

It was the worst of times (for the world). It was still a pretty good time (for CEO pay). Ten top media and entertainment CEOs earned a combined $350 million last year, buoyed by hefty stock and option grants during the worst economic disruption since the Great Depression. Members of compensation committees on boards…

A mother abducts her own children in Charter, a riveting watch from writer-director Amanda Kernell (Sami Blood). Norwegian actress Ane Dahl Torp puts in a powerhouse turn as Alice, the desperate, impetuous divorcée who decides to take her daughter and son to Tenerife amid a bitter custody battle. The courts seem set…

In Charter, writer-director Amanda Kernell chronicles a divorce between Alice (Ane Dahl Torp) and her husband but it’s not as cut and dry as you might think — especially with kids involved. As Sweden’s official Oscar submission for International Feature, it unpacks the complexities of divorce with thoughtfulness and…

NBCUniversal and Charter Communications have inked a multi-year distribution deal for NBCU's full portfolio that includes an extended free trial for Peacock Premium for Spectrum's broadband and video subscribers. The companies didn’t specify the length of the free trial. Charter will also distribute the Peacock app…

The nation’s second largest cable operator Charter Communications said Monday it’s selling $1.5 billion in debt and could use the fresh cash to repay existing debt and fund share buybacks. It expects to close the offering of senior unsecured notes due in 2031 on July 9. The company sold $3 billion in senior notes in…

Charter CEO Tom Rutledge sports makes up more than half of the wholesale price of its cable bundle and while the company would like customers to be made whole while sports is dark, “Now we have a structure where its all bundled together and tied together contractually and we have very little control over it.” “We…

After an increasingly fractious carriage dispute went past the contract deadline, 33 Tribune Broadcasting TV stations in 24 markets have gone dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems, affecting some 6 million viewers. (See the full list of affiliates below.) The companies on Monday extended the New Year’s Eve deadline…

Tribune Media and Charter’s Spectrum cable systems have agreed to extend the deadline for their carriage contract to 5 PM ET Wednesday, averting a blackout of 33 local TV stations that would have taken effect at 12:01 AM ET tonight. The ongoing dispute has affected some 6 million Charter subscribers, with programming…