Charter's Rutledge Pushes Merger at FCC
Repeating Charter Communications' argument that its planned merger serves the public, CEO Tom Rutledge met with FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and separately with FCC General Counsel Jonathan Sallet and with Owen Kendler, who's overseeing the agency working team reviewing Charter's…
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purchase of Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable, Charter said in an ex parte filing posted Monday in docket 15-149. In both meetings, Charter said it "is committed to offering high speed broadband with policies that promote data intensive uses like online video" and plans to do likewise post merger, Charter said. Its proposed low-income broadband program also could help bring connectivity to underserved populations, Charter said it told Clyburn. The FCC meanwhile officially accepted for filing the joint Charter/BHN and TWC applications for change control of licenses, the Media Bureau said in a public notice released Monday in docket 15-149. The agency has not set the pleading cycle for the merger, though it said the merger proceeding would follow the typical, informal 180-day clock.