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Charter Communications—better known as Spectrum or Time Warner Cable—serves over 30 million Americans with internet, cable and mobile, but it’s sitting on a $95 billion debt time bomb. In the 1990s and 2000s, Charter aggressively acquired smaller cable operators, piling on more than $20 billion in debt by 2009. When video and ad revenues collapsed, missing a $73 million interest payment forced Chapter 11 bankruptcy. After emerging leaner, Charter recruited Tom Rutledge from Time Warner Cable and took on a secret power player: billionaire John C. Malone’s Liberty Media, which quietly controlled nearly half its voting shares. In 2015, against all odds, Charter outmaneuvered Comcast to merge with Time Warner Cable for $78.7 billion—and then spent another $73 billion on share buybacks, driving debt to unprecedented levels. Today, with a debttoequity ratio of 6.1 and interest expenses topping $1.3 billion per year, Charter’s only path forward hinges on survival, not expansion. This is the untold story of how one man in the shadows orchestrated one of telecom’s strangest—and most perilous—acquisitions.
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Timestamps:
0:00TWC’s Debt Crisis
0:45On Death’s Door
2:56The Deal
8:12Strings In The Shadows
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Charter Communications—better known as Spectrum or Time Warner Cable—serves over 30 million Americans with internet, cable and mobile, but it’s sitting on a $95 billion debt time bomb. In the 1990s and 2000s, Charter aggressively acquired smaller cable operators, piling on more than $20 billion in debt by 2009. When video and ad revenues collapsed, missing a $73 million interest payment forced Chapter 11 bankruptcy. After emerging leaner, Charter recruited Tom Rutledge from Time Warner Cable and took on a secret power player: billionaire John C. Malone’s Liberty Media, which quietly controlled nearly half its voting shares. In 2015, against all odds, Charter outmaneuvered Comcast to merge with Time Warner Cable for $78.7 billion—and then spent another $73 billion on share buybacks, driving debt to unprecedented levels. Today, with a debttoequity ratio of 6.1 and interest expenses topping $1.3 billion per year, Charter’s only path forward hinges on survival, not expansion. This is the untold story of how one man in the shadows orchestrated one of telecom’s strangest—and most perilous—acquisitions.
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Discord Community:
https://discord.gg/SJUNWNt
Timestamps:
0:00TWC’s Debt Crisis
0:45On Death’s Door
2:56The Deal
8:12Strings In The Shadows
Resources:
https://pastebin.com/pL0ZzD5v
Disclaimer:
This video is not a solicitation or personal financial advice. All investing involves risk. Please do your own research.
https://www.silomarkets.com/disclosures
Disclosure: This video is sponsored by Proton VPN. Some of the links in this description may be affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
Logically Answered is centered around explaining the economics of tech and social media. These sectors are generally analyzed through the lenses of finance and economics to determine which industries and companies will thrive and which will fall. In addition to this analysis, the content is often focused on the stories of various famous entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos. Logically Answered also cover the rise and fall of several interesting companies and services that we come across on a daytoday basis. There have been so many companies that have risen to fame and then died out in a single generation. The most interesting companies are the ones that were able to save themselves and avoid bankruptcy. Feel free to follow the podcast if you would like to see any of these topics Logically Answered.Find Logically Answered on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LogicallyAnswered/Disclaimer: This podcast is an independently created audio adaptation of content originally published by Logically Answered. This is a fan made podcast that appreciates the channel’s insightful approach to knowledge and aims to make it accessible to those who prefer listening over watching. This podcast is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to Logically Answered in any way. All rights to the original content belong to Logically Answered. If you have any concerns, please reach out.
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