Charter Supports Rebuttable Presumption of Effective Competition

Charter Communications supports an FCC proposal to make it a rebuttable presumption that cable companies face effective competition throughout the U.S., Charter Senior Vice President-Government Affairs Alex Hoehn-Saric said in a meeting Tuesday with Maria Kirby, aide to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, according to an ex parte filing Thursday. The proposed rule change reflects the state of competition that exists today and satisfies the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization, Charter said.