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Five Stocks Insiders And Billionaire Ken Griffin Are Bullish On
Insider Monkey • Fri, May 24
Tracking George Soros's Portfolio - Q1 2013 Update
John Vincent • Fri, May 17 • 5 Comments
Focus On M&A At Liberty Media And Liberty Global
Steve Birenberg • Wed, May 15 • 3 Comments
Charter Supports Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013

PR Newswire (May 14, 2013)
YouTube Subscription Hype Is Overblown, At Least For Now
Gary Bourgeault • Wed, May 8 • 5 Comments
Charter Announces Secondary Offering by Selling Stockholder

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Charter Communications Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, May 7
Charter Announces First Quarter 2013 Results

PR Newswire (May 7, 2013)
Charter Announces Initial Results of Tender Offer and Consent Solicitations

PR Newswire (May 3, 2013)
Charter Closes on $1 Billion in Senior Unsecured Notes and $1.2 Billion Term Loan F

PR Newswire (May 3, 2013)
Charter Prices $1 Billion In Senior Unsecured Notes

PR Newswire (Apr 19, 2013)
Charter Announces Cash Tender Offer for Debt Securities

PR Newswire (Apr 19, 2013)
Charter Offers $1 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes and Announces Bank Debt Financings

PR Newswire (Apr 19, 2013)
Charter Customers to Enjoy Golfing Greatness with ESPN Masters Tournament Coverage

PR Newswire (Apr 9, 2013)
Charter to Hold Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2013 Financial and Operating Results

PR Newswire (Apr 8, 2013)
Why Liberty Media Will Sell Its Sirius XM Shares
Crunching Numbers • Thu, Mar 21 • 48 Comments
Today's Market News To Trade On: 5 Stocks Moving On News
Matthew Smith • Tue, Mar 19
Charter Closes on $1 Billion in Senior Unsecured Notes

PR Newswire (Mar 14, 2013)
Howard Marks' New Purchases
Profit Fan • Mon, Mar 11 • 5 Comments
Charter Announces Secondary Offering by Selling Stockholders

PR Newswire (Mar 7, 2013)

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Short Charter: Chapter 11 Is Coming
Derek Blain • Thu, Feb 21 • 16 Comments
Slow Growth, Debt, Valuations, Declining Margins: Charter Communications Is A Sell
Qineqt • Tue, Oct 9, 2012
A Holiday Gift For Charter Communications
Steve Birenberg • Wed, Dec 28, 2011 • 1 Comment

Five Stocks Insiders And Billionaire Ken Griffin Are Bullish On
Insider Monkey • Fri, May 24
Tracking George Soros's Portfolio - Q1 2013 Update
John Vincent • Fri, May 17 • 5 Comments
Focus On M&A At Liberty Media And Liberty Global
Steve Birenberg • Wed, May 15 • 3 Comments
YouTube Subscription Hype Is Overblown, At Least For Now
Gary Bourgeault • Wed, May 8 • 5 Comments
Why Liberty Media Will Sell Its Sirius XM Shares
Crunching Numbers • Thu, Mar 21 • 48 Comments
Today's Market News To Trade On: 5 Stocks Moving On News
Matthew Smith • Tue, Mar 19
Howard Marks' New Purchases
Profit Fan • Mon, Mar 11 • 5 Comments
Tracking George Soros's Portfolio - Q4 2012 Update
John Vincent • Sun, Feb 17 • 11 Comments
Selling Charter And Buying Disney
Steve Birenberg • Thu, Feb 7
Hedge Funds Have Bought Yelp, Charter And More
Insider Monkey • Wed, Feb 6
How To Add Income With DISH Network's High Yield Bond
Bondsquawk • Wed, Dec 19, 2012
Dissecting George Soros' Recent Moves, Part 3: Stake Increases
Zvi Bar • Fri, Nov 23, 2012 • 13 Comments
Tracking George Soros's Portfolio: Q3 2012 Update
John Vincent • Sat, Nov 17, 2012 • 9 Comments
Mixed Media Earnings Better Than Stock Reactions
Steve Birenberg • Thu, Nov 8, 2012
Verizon: An Overpriced Telecom To Avoid
IncomeHunter • Fri, Oct 26, 2012 • 11 Comments
2 Cable TV Stocks To Buy, 2 To Short
Stocks & Shares • Thu, Aug 30, 2012
Revisiting TiVo After Q2 Earnings, Next Stop $11
Samuel Biller • Thu, Aug 30, 2012 • 13 Comments
Billionaire Howard Marks's Top Stock Picks
Insider Monkey • Mon, Aug 27, 2012 • 1 Comment
Tracking George Soros' Portfolio: Q2 2012 Update
John Vincent • Sat, Aug 18, 2012 • 8 Comments
TiVo Is On The Path To Replicate Virgin Media's Success In The U.S. And The Rest Of Europe
Samuel Biller • Fri, Aug 10, 2012 • 2 Comments

Charter Communications Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, May 7
Charter Communications' CEO Presents at Deutsche Bank's DbAccess 21st Annual Media and Telecom Conference (Transcript)
Wed, Mar 6
Charter Communications' CEO Presents at Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Feb 26
Charter Communications Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Feb 22
Charter Communications Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Nov 6, 2012
Charter Communications Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Aug 7, 2012
Charter Communications' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, May 8, 2012
Charter Communication's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Feb 27, 2012
Charter Communication's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Nov 1, 2011
Charter Communications CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Aug 2, 2011

Charter Supports Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013

PR Newswire (May 14, 2013)
Cablevision Posts 1Q Loss as Costs Increase

at Fox Business (May 9, 2013)
Charter Announces Secondary Offering by Selling Stockholder

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Charter Narrows 1Q Loss on Higher Revenue

at Fox Business (May 7, 2013)
Charter Announces First Quarter 2013 Results

PR Newswire (May 7, 2013)
Charter Announces Initial Results of Tender Offer and Consent Solicitations

PR Newswire (May 3, 2013)
Charter Closes on $1 Billion in Senior Unsecured Notes and $1.2 Billion Term Loan F

PR Newswire (May 3, 2013)
The Technical Indicator: Charting the S&P’s uptrend, and its next hurdle

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 23, 2013)
Charter Prices $1 Billion In Senior Unsecured Notes

PR Newswire (Apr 19, 2013)
Charter Announces Cash Tender Offer for Debt Securities

PR Newswire (Apr 19, 2013)
Charter Offers $1 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes and Announces Bank Debt Financings

PR Newswire (Apr 19, 2013)
New Names Crack Rankings of Top M&A Advisors

at Fox Business (Apr 12, 2013)
Cable Bundling May Unravel in 5 Years: John Malone

at CNBC.com (Apr 12, 2013)
Charter Customers to Enjoy Golfing Greatness with ESPN Masters Tournament Coverage

PR Newswire (Apr 9, 2013)
Charter to Hold Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2013 Financial and Operating Results

PR Newswire (Apr 8, 2013)
Liberty Media Buys 27.3% Stake in Charter Cable

at Fox Business (Mar 19, 2013)
Report: Liberty Nears Deal to Buy 25% of Charter

at Fox Business (Mar 18, 2013)
Charter Closes on $1 Billion in Senior Unsecured Notes

PR Newswire (Mar 14, 2013)
Charter Announces Secondary Offering by Selling Stockholders

PR Newswire (Mar 7, 2013)
Charter Names New Communications Leader and Promotes General Counsel

PR Newswire (Mar 5, 2013)

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Sector: Services

Industry: CATV Systems

Country: United States

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Wednesday, May 22, 1:03 PM The Xbox One is far from the future of television unless cable providers (CVC, CMCSA, CHTR, TWC) can work with Microsoft to create a superior video product that captures market share from satellite players (DISH, DTV), according to BTIG's Rich Greenfield. Under the status quo, the Xbox One only offers a clunky way to control the TVs and DVRS of consumers without a complex home configuration. Greenfield says an edge exists for the cable industry, as long as it works quick before the Apple Television launch or an improved Google TV product is debuted. Comment! [Tech, Consumer]
Wednesday, May 22, 11:07 AM AIG remains at the top Goldman's list of hedge fund hotels (the 50 stocks appearing most frequently among hedge fund top 10 holdings). Google (GOOG) retains its #2 position. Apple (APPL) - in the top spot for 3 years until February - remains at #3. Goldman notes the basket has outperformed the S&P a bit this year and the top 20 has done better by more than 1000 basis points. We smell an ETF offering. The rest of the top 20: C, GM, PCLN, VMED, NWSA, MSFT, HTZ, JPM, APC, PFE, QCOM, CHTR, HES, CBS, EBAY, DAL, EQIX. 4 Comments
Tuesday, May 21, 1:54 PM Though MSO operators (TWC, CVC, CMCSA, CHTR) all offer subscribers a broadband-only subscription, so far the group seems to be doing an adequate job upselling customers to bigger packages to prevent wide-scale cord cutting on pay TV services. The trend is not without an assist from broadcasters that are only allowing authenticated consumers from pay TV providers to watch their series online and on mobile devices. Still, execs do acknowledge that cities with younger consumers tend to favor broadband-only packages meaning the industry could see a problem sometime in the future keeping its finger in the dike. Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, May 9, 3:05 PM Senator John McCain officially introduces the Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013 in Congress in a milestone for the movement toward "a la carte" cable market pricing for consumers. On the floor of the Senate, McCain singled out Comcast's (CMCSA -0.9%) NBC and Disney's (DIS +1.1%) ESPN-ABC family of channels as examples of media concerns forcing consumers to pay for bundled channels they don't want. Analysts think the combined heft of the broadcasting industry stands a good chance of keeping McCain's bill spinning in place. (full bill) 9 Comments [Consumer]
Thursday, May 9, 8:04 AM Senator John McCain will introduce legislation shortly to overhaul the TV business by giving consumers the option to buy channels on an individual basis (a la carte) - instead of seeing only large bundles as options. The politician will face fierce resistance from broadcast (NWS, DIS, CMCSA, CBS, AMCX, SNI, OUTD, DISCA, VIAB) and cable companies (CVC, CHTR, TWC) but may have a friend in upstart Aereo which has been rankling a few feathers as well. (Aereo timeline) 28 Comments [Consumer]
Tuesday, May 7, 8:07 AM Charter Communications (CHTR): Q1 EPS of -$0.42 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $1.91B (+4.9% Y/Y) beats by $0.01B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Tuesday, May 7, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ACM, AFAM, AKRX, ALLT, ARCC, ARIA, BCRX, CHTR, CMLP, CNK, CQB, CRZO, CVLT, DFT, DISCA, DTV, DWRE, EMR, ENDP, FE, FOSL, HCN, HFC, HPT, HSIC, KWK, LPX, NRG, NRGY, NVAX, OAK, OMX, PQ, PRGO, RIGL, SHOO, TA, TAP, TDG, TGH, TICC, TRGT, TW, WRES, XEC 2 Comments [Earnings]
Monday, May 6, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: ACM, AFAM, AKRX, ALLT, ARCC, ARIA, BCRX, CHTR, CMLP, CNK, CQB, CRZO, CVLT, DFT, DISCA, DTV, DWRE, EMR, ENDP, FE, FOSL, HCN, HFC, HPT, HSIC, KWK, LPX, NRG, NRGY, NVAX, OAK, OMX, PQ, PRGO, RIGL, SHOO, TA, TAP, TDG, TGH, TICC, TRGT, TW, WRES, XEC Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, April 25, 1:16 PM Time Warner Cable (TWC -0.2%) CEO Glenn Britt delivered a sobering thought for media concerns during the company's earnings call (transcript). The exec says if Aereo becomes legal it would have a "significant impact" on the future of transmission fees. The quick uptake is that the development would be good for cable/satellite players (CVC, DTV, CHTR, DISH), but bad for broadcasters (DIS, CBS, CMCSA, AMCX, NWS) (h/t Rich Greenfield BTIG) 2 Comments [Consumer]
Thursday, April 11, 12:48 PM The FCC deregulates Time Warner Cable (TWC -0.2%) in several cities in Ohio and California which could pave the way for rate hikes. The agency ruled that it faces "effective competition" from DirecTV and Dish Network. What to watch: The threshold for penetration has historically been 15% or higher before a market is considered open for deregulation, but in the age of streaming options such as Netflix will cable operators (CVC, CHTR) start to see more small markets open up? Comment! [Consumer]
Wednesday, March 27, 9:50 AM The latest figures on short interest from the NYSE and Nasdaq show an upward spike in short selling of both Cablevision (CVC -0.6%) and Charter Communications (CHTR +0.5%). As noted by dealReporter, the bearish bets came in amid discussion Cablevision might be put for sale and with John Malone stepping in to buy a stake in Charter. Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, March 26, 2:27 PM Netflix (NFLX +5.8%) vs. Cable (TWC, CHTR, CVC, CMCSA): A nice little nugget to chew on from Pac Crest's bullish note covering Netflix is that the company only costs the average U.S. subscriber $0.20 per viewing hour - which stands far below the estimated $0.50 per hour in the cable industry. Look for the company to take advantage of this pricing discrepancy. Comment! [Consumer, Tech]
Wednesday, March 20, 10:03 AM A survey conducted by Deloitte Touche indicates a lower percentage of the population considered cutting the chord to pay-TV services in 2012 than 2011. Though the wording of the question leads AllThingsD to speculate that at least some of the respondents answered yes to cutting premium-TV services such as HBO (TWX) instead of traditional cable/satellite (DTV, DISH, CMCSA, TWC, CHTR, CVC) options, the reported sharp drop in the pace of cord-cutting is still something to watch. Comment! [Consumer, Tech]
Tuesday, March 19, 8:46 AM More on the Charter Communications (CHTR) - Liberty Media (LMCA) deal: Even with four board seats and a sizable stake, analysts thinks the end game for Liberty Media is complete control and a potential merger/spinoff scenario. The deal could have a long-term impact for either Time Warner Cable (TWC) or Cablevision (CVC) and also brings in some interesting possibilities for Sirius XM Radio (SIRI). 1 Comment [Consumer]
Tuesday, March 19, 8:18 AM Deal on: Liberty Media (LMCA) will take a 27.3% stake in Charter Communications (CHTR) by paying $95.50 per share for a deal price of $2.617B if board approval is granted. As part of the proposed deal, Liberty will nab four spots on Charter's board. (Previous CHTR-LMCA: I, II) 1 Comment [Consumer, M&A]
Tuesday, March 19, 3:38 AM More on Liberty Media (LMCA) - Charter (CHTR) deal: Liberty is reportedly close to agreeing to a deal to buy a 25% stake in Charter for $2.5B from private-equity firms, including Apollo (APO). The move would mark John Malone's return as a major force in U.S. cable TV after he sold Tele-Communications to AT&T for $48B in 1999, and would add to large international acquisitions. Comment! [M&A, Consumer]

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Declines in U.S. cable demand: http://bit.ly/1acjjZl $CMCSA, $CVC, $DISH, $DTV, $TWX, $CHTR, $DISCA, $AMCX, $SNI
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My Current Swing-Trading Watch-List | $MON $CHTR $NLS are my favorites http://bit.ly/XuBYwE
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getting tired of $CHTR going up. sold mine in after hours and going short if it keeps going up tomorrow
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1980XLS-2.0: Awful company. Does not deserve to go up.
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embryorambo: Trading at 68x book. John Malone dumping in huge money at the peak
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Ryan Mallory
Morning Coffee, Day Trading Watchlist: $JCP $DPZ $CHTR | by @wallstreetnole http://bit.ly/YCMoZf
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WSN's Top Watchers for the Week of 2.24 $LVS $BRY $ANF $DDD $CHTR | http://bit.ly/XuOT1r
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$CMCSA, $SBAC and $CHTR are J.P. Morgan Analyst's Top Entertainment Picks- http://su.pr/2YYS25
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Stocks: CAT CLR CHTR CL CLWR CMCSA CMG CMI COP CRZO CSCO CTXS CVX GOOG INTC MSFT MRVL NVDA - http://bit.ly/Nz9iQD
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joanquick.com: hi - why do you just list a bunch of stocks each morning?
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Stock updates: ABT CAN ADP AGNC ALIGN AMZN ANR ARR ATML AWK BAC BAS BIIB BIDU BMY BUD CAT CLR CHTR CL - http://bit.ly/Nz9iQD
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ABT ADP ALIGN AMZN BAS BBH BIIB CLR CHTR CMG CRZO CSCO CSOD CTBI CVX FB GE HOGS HOMB HPQ HRL INTC LINE KMP http://bit.ly/Nz9iQD
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CHTR - CSOD - N - updates -http://bit.ly/Nz9iQD
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Stocks: CAT CLR CHTR CL CLWR CMCSA CMG CMI COP CRZO CSCO CTXS CVX GOOG INTC MSFT MRVL NVDA - http://bit.ly/Nz9iQD
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lots of insider selling on CHTR . I'm in with june $55 puts
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USisCorrupt: Paul Allen has made me way to much money "paper" for me to ever bet against him. I will only wish him the very best. He made 2003 for me.
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