Overview
Charter Communications is the nation’s second-largest cable-systems operator, behind Comcast Corp.
Charter’s headquarters is in Stamford, Connecticut.
Charter Communications is the nation’s second-largest cable-systems operator, behind Comcast Corp.
Charter’s headquarters is in Stamford, Connecticut.
Charter in 2014 rolled out Spectrum as its national brand.
Read more about Charter and its service offerings
Worldwide ad spending:
Total worldwide advertising spending figures shown in the Ad Age World’s Largest Advertisers report are Charter’s stated “sales and marketing” costs.
Charter disclosed sales and marketing costs of $3.653 billion in 2023, up 1.9% from $3.585 billion in 2022.
U.S. ad spending:
Total U.S. advertising spending figures shown in the Ad Age Leading National Advertisers report are Charter’s stated sales and marketing costs.
The Ad Age Leading National Advertisers 2024 ranking was published on Oct. 28, 2024.
Ad Age Leading National Advertisers 2023
Ad Age Leading National Advertisers 2022
The Ad Age World’s Largest Advertisers 2024 ranking will be published in December 2024.
Ad Age World’s Largest Advertisers 2023
Ad Age World’s Largest Advertisers 2022
See more: Charter financial results
Read Charter’s annual filing
Charter on May 18, 2016, completed its acquisitions of cable-systems operators Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Charter announced the deals in May 2015 after Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable scrapped an earlier merger.
The combination of Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House created a cable and broadband services powerhouse with more than 25 million customers in 41 states at the time of the deals’ closing.
The acquisitions made Charter the nation’s No. 2 cable systems player, behind Comcast.
Charter became a publicly traded company in 1999.
Charter trades on Nasdaq under ticker CHTR.
Charter was founded in 1993.
Charter filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization March 27, 2009. Charter emerged from bankruptcy Nov. 30, 2009.
See more: Charter’s history