New York State Approves Charter/Time Warner Cable Merger

Today, Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR received approval of its merger with Time Warner Cable Inc. TWC from the State of New York – bringing the close of the Charter transactions another step closer. This action by New York puts Charter's pending transactions with TWC and Bright House Networks (BHN) in a strong position as the companies continue to demonstrate that New Charter is squarely in the public interest.   "This is a significant step forward, not only for Charter but also for our future customers, and we are very happy to have obtained this approval from the New York State PSC," said Tom Rutledge, president and CEO of Charter Communications. "We thank Governor Cuomo and his team for their leadership and we look forward to bringing many benefits including a superior high speed low cost broadband service to families and seniors in New York." As part of the approval process with the NYPSC, Charter also made additional commitments regarding providing a minimum speed of 60 Mbps as well as offering a speed of 300 Mbps throughout the state, building out its networks to currently unserved residential See full press release