STAMFORD, Conn., July 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) today announced that
David G. Ellen has joined the
company as Senior Executive Vice President. In this new
position, Ellen will oversee several business and corporate
functions including Programming, News & Sports Networks,
Strategic Policy Development, Regulatory Compliance, Human
Resources, Communications and Security. He will also oversee
the legal support for Programming, News & Sports Networks,
Product, Strategic Policy Development and Labor
Relations. He will be based at Charter's Stamford, CT headquarters and report to
Chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge.
Ellen joins Charter from Cablevision, where he served as Executive
Vice President and General Counsel until the completion of
Cablevision's sale to Altice in June.
"David brings a wealth of industry experience and expertise to
Charter and a history of innovative thinking and successful
execution," said Chairman and CEO Tom
Rutledge. "His grasp of the component pieces of our
business – including how our business strategy around programming
and content must be developed in the context of a complex and
changing environment – and his proven senior leadership skills will
make him an invaluable asset to Charter as we continue to grow," he
added. "We couldn't be more excited about David's
arrival."
At Cablevision, Ellen was a member of the senior executive
leadership team responsible for helping the CEO guide all aspects
of Cablevision's business. As Cablevision's General Counsel,
he worked closely with engineers and product developers on several
industry-leading initiatives, leading the company's successful
legal defense of its cloud-based DVR product as well as the legal
strategy supporting the rollout of in-home streaming of the
company's entire cable service to IP-enabled devices. He was
also a forceful legal advocate for the use of content – especially
local and regional content -- as a product differentiator among
competitive distributors.
Before Cablevision, Ellen served in executive roles as Deputy
General Counsel at IAC, the multi-brand media and Internet company,
and General Counsel of Eureka Broadband, a private New York-based telecommunications company.
Prior to his career in the private sector, Ellen was a special
counsel at the Federal Communications Commission working on the
implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as well as a
law clerk for Judges Stephen Breyer
and Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg when
they were on the U.S. Court of Appeals and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor during her time on the U.S.
Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where
he was President of the Harvard Law Review, was a Marshall Scholar
at Cambridge University and has a B.A.
from Harvard University.
About Charter
Charter (NASDAQ: CHTR) is a leading broadband communications
company and the second largest cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full
range of advanced broadband services, including Spectrum TV™ video
entertainment programming, Spectrum Internet™ access, and Spectrum
Voice™. Spectrum Business™ similarly provides scalable, tailored,
and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business
organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data
networking, business telephone, video and music entertainment
services, and wireless backhaul. Charter's advertising sales and
production services are sold under the Spectrum Reach™ brand. More
information about Charter can be found at Charter.com.
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