Charter Communications
American telecommunications and mass media company
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| November 13 2024 | Charter Communications announced its intent to acquire Liberty Broadband in an all-stock deal, with Liberty Broadband set to spin off its subsidiary GCI Communication Corp. to its shareholders as a condition of the agreement. |
| September 11 2023 | Charter and Disney resolved their carriage dispute, with Disney agreeing to offer ESPN+ and Disney+ directly to Spectrum customers and introduce sports-free bundles. Several Disney-owned networks were removed from the lineup. |
| August 31 2023 | ESPN and Disney channels went dark on Charter Spectrum, interrupting coverage of the college football season opener and the US Open, marking the start of a significant carriage dispute. |
| July 2023 | Charter announced a major change to its cable offerings, introducing flexible cable packages with and without regional sports, allowing consumers more choice in their subscription options. |
| July 2022 | A jury in Dallas County, Texas ordered Charter to pay $375 million in compensatory damages and $7 billion in punitive damages in a case involving the murder of a customer by a Spectrum technician. |
| April 2022 | Charter Communications and Comcast announced a 50/50 joint venture to develop a new streaming platform, with Comcast agreeing to license its Flex streaming platform, XClass TVs, and Xumo streaming service. |
| April 19 2022 | The IBEW Local 3 strike ended, with an outcome that some union members found unsatisfactory. |
| 2019 | Charter ranked No. 70 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. |
| April 2019 | Charter agreed to new expansion conditions, committing to complete 145,000 new broadband premises by September 30, 2021, and contribute $12 million to a broadband expansion fund, with new milestone requirements and geographic restrictions. |
| July 27 2018 | The New York Public Service Commission voted to retroactively revoke Charter's approval for Time Warner Cable acquisition, threatening to force divestment of its New York state cable operations serving approximately 2 million customers. |
| June 2018 | New York Public Service Commission fined Charter $2 million for failing to meet broadband service expansion obligations from its Time Warner Cable acquisition, accusing the company of fraudulently reporting deployment progress. |
| March 12 2018 | Softbank purchased 5% of Charter's stock on the open market. |
| August 28 2017 | Charter agreed to a $225,000 settlement in Missouri over violations of telemarketing and No-call list laws. |
| June 21 2017 | Charter was reported to be in talks to potentially acquire Cox Communications. |
| May 2017 | Charter and Comcast entered into an agreement to explore collaborative opportunities in wireless services, including a provision restricting wireless-related acquisitions. |
| March 2017 | The FCC under new leadership modified Charter's regulatory conditions, expanding broadband service expansion requirements to 2 million households. |
| March 28 2017 | IBEW Local 3 initiated a strike involving 1,800 employees over proposed changes to health and pension benefits. |
| February 1 2017 | The Attorney General of New York sued Charter for failing to provide advertised Internet speeds after acquiring Time Warner Cable, resulting in a $174.2 million settlement including customer refunds and service credits. |
| January 26 2017 | Verizon Communications initiated talks with Charter about a potential buyout, which was ultimately rejected by Charter and Liberty Media. |
| May 2016 | Charter reached a settlement with the FCC, paying a $640,000 fine for limiting modem options and agreeing to modify its testing protocols for DOCSIS 3.0-compatible modems. |
| May 18 2016 | Charter finalized the acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, becoming the third-largest pay television service in the United States. |
| January 2016 | The National Association of African-American Owned Media and Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios filed a $10 billion civil rights lawsuit against Charter, alleging discrimination in network carrying. |
| December 2013 | Steelhead Licensing LLC filed a patent infringement complaint against Charter regarding U.S. Patent 8082318 for controlling service requests. |
| 2012 | Charter relocated its corporate headquarters from St. Louis, Missouri, to Stamford, Connecticut, with Thomas Rutledge appointed as CEO. |
| June 2010 | Charter settled a class-action lawsuit for $18 million concerning wage and overtime claims for field technicians in nine states. |
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