Charter CEO Meets FCC Chief; Investors See TWC Merger

Charter Chief Executive Officer Tom Rutledge met with top U.S. regulators a second time in the past month to discuss terms for his company’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable Inc., as investors are showing increasing confidence the deal will win U.S. clearance.

Rutledge discussed extending broadband to new customer locations in his April 6 meeting with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler and an aide, according to a disclosure filed by the company. The leaders also discussed Charter’s commitments to let Web companies such as video provider Netflix Inc. connect to its network without charge, and to refrain from ...