InvestorsJune 11, 2009

Charter's Live It with Charter Loyalty Program Honored with 2009 NEDMA and 2008 CableFAXIE Awards

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Multimedia and Direct Mail Marketing Programs Recognized

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 11, 2009-- Charter Communications, Inc. (PINK OTC: CHTRQ) today announced that its Live It with Charter™ customer loyalty program has been recognized by both the New England Direct Marketing Association (NEDMA) and CableFAX Daily for its successful multimedia and direct mail marketing campaigns in 2008 and 2009.

NEDMA, the oldest regional direct marketing association in the country, each year recognizes creative and strategic marketing achievements in New England that produce dramatic results. Charter was recognized at the 28th annual NEDMA Award Show, June 10 at the Roxy in Boston. CableFAX Daily is the cable industry's most respected daily news publication and longtime sponsor of the CableFAXIE awards, which recognize the year’s outstanding marketing and communications initiatives in the highly competitive and dynamic cable arena.

“Charter understands the need to go beyond our customers’ expectations in order to differentiate ourselves from our competitors,” said Phil Bellaria, Vice President of Customer Loyalty at Charter. “Charter is focused on continuously improving the end-to-end customer experience and providing value with the Charter Bundle®. We’ve increased our number of customer care agents, upgraded the technology used by our employees, and we’ve enhanced agent training to better serve our customers. The Live It with Charter program helps us let our customers know that we appreciate them. We are honored to be recognized with these awards for the growth and success of our Live It with Charter marketing campaigns.”

Originating in Charter’s East Division, the Live It with Charter program launched in February 2007 and rolled out nationwide in July 2008. With the rising popularity of the program and steady increase in memberships, Charter expects Live It customer participation to double in 2009.

Enrolling in the program is simple, and after registering, participants begin earning points based on their Charter subscription – the more services used in a home, the more points earned. Live It members can redeem these points for unique prizes, including celebrity events and sweepstakes, concerts, vacation packages, and discounts, plus the newest, hard-to-get products straight from favorite programs and channels. To learn more about Live It with Charter, visit www.liveitwithcharter.com, or call toll-free 1-877-654-8348.

Over the past several months Charter has given away hundreds of thousands in cash, travel, electronics and unique experiences, including a tour of the HGTV Dream Home in California Wine Country, Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives travel packages, a fishing experience from the Sportsman Channel, a backstage visit to the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, HDTVs, Wii gaming systems, home and garden makeovers, and much, much more.

Charter collaborates on its loyalty program with Epsilon, a multichannel marketing company and an Alliance Data subsidiary (NYSE: ADS). Epsilon has assisted Charter in managing the program’s website, dashboards, technology platform, email platform (DREAM), data services, analytics, strategy and creative.

About Charter Communications

Charter Communications, Inc. 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 Digital Cable® video entertainment programming, Charter High-Speed® Internet access, and Charter Telephone®. Charter Business™ similarly provides scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, video and music entertainment services, and business telephone. Charter's advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. On March 27, 2009, Charter filed a pre-arranged plan and Chapter 11 petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Charter believes its operations are strong and expects to continue operating as usual during the financial restructuring. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.

About Epsilon

Epsilon is the industry’s leading marketing services firm. Ad Age ranks Epsilon #1 U.S. Direct Marketing Agency. Services include strategic consulting, database and loyalty technology, proprietary data, predictive modeling and a full range of creative and interactive services including brand and promotional development, web design, email deployment, search engine optimization and direct mail production. In addition, Epsilon is the world's largest permission-based email marketer. Epsilon is an Alliance Data company. For more information, visit www.epsilon.com or call 1-800-309-0505.

Source: Charter Communications, Inc.

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