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Short Charter: Chapter 11 Is Coming
Derek Blain • Thu, Feb 21 • 20 Comments
Slow Growth, Debt, Valuations, Declining Margins: Charter Communications Is A Sell
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A Holiday Gift For Charter Communications
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Tracking George Soros's Portfolio - Q1 2013 Update
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Steve Birenberg • Wed, May 15 • 3 Comments
YouTube Subscription Hype Is Overblown, At Least For Now
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Howard Marks' New Purchases
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Tracking George Soros's Portfolio - Q4 2012 Update
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Selling Charter And Buying Disney
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Hedge Funds Have Bought Yelp, Charter And More
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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

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks fall for third week in four before Fed

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Charter on the Hunt for Acquisition Targets

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Charter Announces Catherine Bohigian New Executive Vice President, Government Affairs

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Charter Announces Cash Tender Offer for Bresnan Debt Securities

PR Newswire (Jun 10, 2013)
Watch Classic Disney Pixar Movies On Charter On Demand

PR Newswire (Jun 6, 2013)
AT&T Said to Be Interested in Hulu as Bids Approach $1B

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Charter to Participate in Q&A Session at The Cable Show

PR Newswire (Jun 5, 2013)
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

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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

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Cable Bundling May Unravel in 5 Years: John Malone

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Sector: Services

Industry: CATV Systems

Country: United States

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Wednesday, June 19, 2:26 PM WatchESPN (DIS) and HBO Go (TWX) have been added to the Apple TV for paying subscribers in a move that will significantly increase the reach of the streaming services. The development also represents another small leak for the cable/satellite industry (CHTR, TWC, CMCSA, DTV, DISH) as it tries to keep its content dike in place. Comment! [Consumer]
Monday, June 17, 11:45 AM Deutsche Bank's Doug Mitchelson doesn't think Charter Communications (CHTR +1.6%) and Time Warner Cable (TWC -2.1%) can complete a deal that would pay TWC shareholders in the $110-$125 range. Instead, the analyst believes TWC shareholders would have to receive a price closer to $146 in order to satisfy the board. Also in the mix is Liberty Media (LMCA +0.7%) with its 27% stake in Charter. Comment! [Consumer, M&A]
Thursday, June 13, 11:13 AM Does a combination of Time Warner Cable (TWC +0.6%) and Cablevision (CVC +0.9%) make sense? It does to Comcast co-founder Julian Brodsky who sees consolidation picking up in the sector. He thinks BCI Broadband, Mediacom Communications, and Charter Communications (CHTR +0.4%) could also be in the M&A mix. Comment! [Consumer, M&A]
Thursday, June 13, 6:00 AM Time Warner Cable (TWC) is reportedly one of the most aggressive of the incumbent TV broadcasters that are trying to strangle the emergence of Internet competitors at birth. The broadcasters are trying to prevent media companies from selling their content to the likes of Intel (INTC) and others, including through the use of financial incentives and penalties, and contract clauses that forbid the sale of channels to Internet distributors. 1 Comment [Consumer]
Wednesday, June 12, 1:47 PM Executives with cable companies (CHTR, CMCSA, TWC, DISH, DTV) made it crystal clear during yesterday's National Cable & Telecommunications Association meeting that they will go to great lengths to protect original content. The group says it has contracts in place which will provide incentives for media outlets to limit content for online pay-TV services. What to watch: A report from BTIG makes the case the FTC needs to investigate the anti-competitive practice. If the agency does get involved, it could open up the web TV industry for the likes of Apple, Intel, and Google. Comment! [Consumer, Tech]
Friday, May 31, 8:31 AM More on the Fan TV receiver (previous): After Fanhattan unveiled its all-in-one TV receiver to positive reviews at D11, the next question is whether or not pay-TV companies (CHTR, CVC, TWC, CMCSA) will sign on with the upstart. Though the group has always been hesitant to give up on their own programming guides, the simplicity of the Fan TV technology for consumers and the ability to offer a next-gen concept could prove tempting. Comment! [Consumer, Tech]
Thursday, May 30, 3:14 PM The next big thing in TV might be called Fan TV. BTIG Research is raving about the IP-based set-top box from two-year old startup Fanhattan which is trying to solve the riddle of how to enable consumers to watch TV and movie content across devices. If video distribution partners sign up, the device just might be the Holy Grail of providing one-stop content access. The big picture: According to BTIG, the technology could give an edge to cable companies (CHTR, CVC, TWC, CMCSA) over satellite players (DISH, DTV). (Fan TV demo) Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, May 30, 3:26 AM While service providers have been worrying about households ending their cable TV subscriptions, a bigger trend has been customers dropping wire-line Internet. With consumers being able to take advantage of faster cellular networks and the proliferation of WiFi, 1% of households ended their Internet subscription last year vs 0.4% for pay-TV. Comment! [Tech, Consumer]
Monday, May 27, 9:30 AM What do hedge funds see that Seeking Alpha readers don't? Of Goldman's list of stocks most-loved by hedge funds, two - John Malone cable plays Virgin Media (VMED) and Charter Communications (CHTR) - are barely followed by our readers, each with less than 500 Real Time Email Alerts subscribers. Another three - Hertz (HTZ), CBS, and Equinix (EQIX) - have, at best, moderate followings (1,100-1,400 subscribers). For comparison: Hess has 3.5K, GM 11.4K, JPM 23K, Google 76K, Apple 180K. While hedge funds as a whole struggle to beat the market, their top 20 holdings have done so with ease this year. 13 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Sunday, May 26, 9:25 AM What's a value guy to do when values have about disappeared from the market? His financial stock favorites no longer glaringly cheap, The Brooklyn Investor muses about tagging along on John Malone's return to the cable industry. There is an interesting traditional valuation angle on Charter Communications (CHTR) - the massive tax-loss carryforwards - but much of the value is what Malone and CEO Tom Rutledge will be able to accomplish (organically and with new deals). Still regretting his sale of TCI to AT&T, Malone wants to bring back the old days - this time on a global scale. 1 Comment [Quick Ideas]
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]

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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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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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