<Tr> <Th> Number of employees </Th> <Td> 92,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.spectrum.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Charter Communications, Inc. is an American telecommunications company that offers its services to consumers and businesses under the branding of Spectrum . Providing services to over 25 million customers in 41 states, it is the second - largest cable operator in the United States by subscribers, just behind Comcast, and third largest pay TV operator behind Comcast and AT&T U-verse / DirecTV . It is the fifth largest telephone provider based upon residential subscriber line count . </P> <P> In late 2012, with the naming of longtime Cablevision executive Thomas Rutledge as their CEO, the company relocated its corporate headquarters from St. Louis, Missouri, to Stamford, Connecticut, although many operations still remain based out of St. Louis . On May 18, 2016, Charter became the parent company of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks for a combined $71.4 billion, making it the third - largest pay television service in the United States . </P>

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