Charter Launches TiVo Premiere in Texas

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) - Kevin L. of Fort Worth, TX has been part of a Charter Communications TiVo® Premiere trial for the last few months. How was his experience? "Incredible," he said. "It's everything –TV, Internet, Charter On Demand, iPhone®, iPad® and more – all rolled into one awesome technology."

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Charter Communications and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) today announced the launch of Charter's whole-home solution powered by TiVo Premiere, now available to its customers in Texas. Charter will deploy TiVo Premiere across its footprint in the first half of 2012. TiVo Premiere from Charter seamlessly blends traditional television channels with Internet-delivered video and interactive applications from Charter On Demand as well as Pandora®, YouTube® and more, all packaged in TiVo's easy-to-use, elegant user interface. In addition to the robust entertainment library, customers can also take advantage of a whole-home video solution allowing them to begin a recording in one room, pause and pick it up from a TiVo Premiere device in another room.

"The innovative technology that Charter enables has a profound impact on the sharing of information and enjoyment of entertainment," said Rich DiGeronimo, Charter Senior Vice President, Product and Strategy. "We're now providing customers more content options on the device they choose. TiVo Premiere further enhances the customer's overall experience by offering even more control, in addition to seamless access to Charter's deep On Demand library, within an elegant TiVo user interface."

"Charter sought to remain competitive in a rapidly changing pay-TV market with an abundance of choices, and turned to TiVo because of our superior user interface and reputation as the leading provider of these offerings," said David Sandford, Vice President and General Manager of TiVo's Service Provider Business. "With today's launch, Charter's customers can now engage with traditional television, broadband-delivered content and video on demand in a package unlike anything they've had access to before, and view this through a whole-home-capable solution, enabling a truly first-class television viewing experience."

TiVo Premiere from Charter, an attractive, easy-to-navigate experience, enables customers to automatically record favorite shows each week with Season Pass® recordings. In addition, WishList® searches will find and record programs based on customer-specified interests.

Other Charter TiVo Premiere features include:

• Integrated search: Quickly scan across the TV lineup, Charter On Demand and web content to find programs to watch, regardless of where they originate.
• Remote scheduling: Search and schedule recordings from the Web or from a mobile device.
• TiVoToGo™ transfers: Transfer some programs from the TiVo Premiere to a laptop, media device, or smart phone for viewing outside the home.
• Control live TV: Pause, rewind, slow-motion, and instantly replay live TV.
• iPad and iPhone: Free app enables search, browse, explore and sharing of favorite entertainment without interrupting what's playing on TV. An Android™ app is expected to be launched in early January 2012.
• Personalized ratings: By hitting the "thumbs-up" and "thumbs-down" ratings buttons on the TiVo remote, TiVo tracks personal likes and dislikes, providing relevant programming suggestions and automatic recordings.
• Content storage: Record up to 45 hours of high-definition (HD) programming or up to 400 hours of standard-definition programming – equivalent to more than 16 days of content.
• Full HD support: Offers full support for 1080p and 1080i HD formats.

For more information on the incredible experience delivered by TiVo Premiere from Charter, visit www.charter.com/tivo

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About Charter

Charter is a leading broadband communications company and the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced Charter TV® video entertainment programming, Charter Internet® access, and Charter Phone®. Charter 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 Charter Media® brand. More information about Charter can be found at charter.com.

TiVo, the TiVo logo, Season Pass, WishList, and TiVoToGo are registered trademarks and trademarks of TiVo Inc. and its subsidiaries worldwide.  Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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