Charter Communications Receives Court Approval of All 'First-Day' Motions in Its...

Charter Communications Receives Court Approval of All 'First-Day' Motions in
Its Financial Restructuring

Operations to continue as usual

Company will continue payment of employee wages and benefits

Local Franchise Authorities to be paid in full

ST. LOUIS, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Charter Communications, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CHTR) and its subsidiaries ("Charter" or the "Company") today
announced the approval of all of its first-day motions by the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

"We appreciate the prompt action by the Court in approving our first-day
motions," said Neil Smit, President and Chief Executive Officer. "These
approvals help us to continue to operate our business as usual and continue to
provide our customers with quality cable, Internet and phone service as we
execute on our financial restructuring. We look forward to completing our
financial restructuring as soon as practicable and emerging as a stronger
company."

The Company received Court approval during its first-day hearings to honor
current customer programs without interruption. The Company also received
approval to, among other things, continue employee wage and benefits programs,
pay fees to its Local Franchise Authorities incurred before and after the
filing in full and in the normal course, and utilize its cash on hand and cash
flows from operating activities to continue to fund its projected cash needs
as it proceeds with its financial restructuring on an interim basis, pending
final Court authorization to be sought within the coming weeks. Charter has
filed a motion with the Court requesting permission to pay trade creditor
balances incurred before and after the filing in full and in the normal
course, and expects that motion to be heard in the coming weeks. The Company
expects that cash on hand and cash from operating activities, will be adequate
to fund its projected cash needs as it proceeds with its financial
restructuring, and therefore has not sought debtor-in-possession (DIP)
financing.

The Company's principal Chapter 11 petition has been assigned case number
09-11435. Additional information about Charter's restructuring, including the
disclosure statement describing the Pre-Arranged Plan and the terms of the
committed and optional investments by members of the Bondholder Committee, is
available at the Company's website www.charter.com. You may also receive
information from the Company's restructuring information line, 800-419-3922.
For access to Court documents and other general information about the Chapter
11 cases, please visit www.kccllc.net/charter.

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(R) video entertainment programming, Charter High-Speed(R) Internet
access, and Charter Telephone(R). Charter Business(TM) 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(R) brand. More information about Charter can be found at
www.charter.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

This release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding, among other things,
our plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial. Although we
believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested
by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that
we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations.
Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and
assumptions including, without limitation, the factors described under "Risk
Factors" from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"). Many of the forward-looking statements contained in this
release may be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as
"believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "plans," "will," "may," "intend,"
"estimated," "aim," "on track," "target," "opportunity" and "potential," among
others. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements we make in this release are set forth in
other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the SEC,
including our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed in 2008 and our most recent
annual report on Form 10-K, and include, but are not limited to:
-- the completion of the Company's restructuring including the outcome
and impact on our business of the proceedings under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code;
-- the ability of the Company to satisfy closing conditions under the
agreements-in-principle and Pre-Arranged Plan and related documents
and
to have the Pre-Arranged Plan confirmed by the bankruptcy court;
-- the availability of and access to, in general, funds to meet interest
payment obligations under our debt and to fund our operations and
necessary capital expenditures, either through cash on hand, cash
flows
from operating activities, further borrowings or other sources and, in
particular, our ability to fund debt obligations (by dividend,
investment or otherwise) to the applicable obligor of such debt;
-- our ability to comply with all covenants in our indentures and credit
facilities, any violation of which, if not cured in a timely manner,
could trigger a default of our other obligations under cross-default
provisions;
-- our ability to repay debt prior to or when it becomes due and/or
successfully access the capital or credit markets to refinance that
debt
through new issuances, exchange offers or otherwise, including
restructuring our balance sheet and leverage position, especially
given
recent volatility and disruption in the capital and credit markets;
-- the impact of competition from other distributors, including incumbent
telephone companies, direct broadcast satellite operators, wireless
broadband providers, and digital subscriber line ("DSL")
providers;
-- difficulties in growing, further introducing, and operating our
telephone services, while adequately meeting customer expectations for
the reliability of voice services;
-- our ability to adequately meet demand for installations and customer
service;
-- our ability to sustain and grow revenues and cash flows from operating
activities by offering video, high-speed Internet, telephone and other
services, and to maintain and grow our customer base, particularly in
the face of increasingly aggressive competition;
-- our ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to
adequately
raise prices to offset the effects of higher programming costs;
-- general business conditions, economic uncertainty or downturn,
including
the recent volatility and disruption in the capital and credit markets
and the significant downturn in the housing sector and overall
economy;
and
-- the effects of governmental regulation on our business.

All forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our
behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
We are under no duty or obligation to update any of the forward-looking
statements after the date of this release.

Contacts:

Media:
Anita Lamont, 314-543-2215
Charter Communications, Inc.

Andy Brimmer / Sharon Stern
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
212-355-4449

or

Analysts:
Mary Jo Moehle, 314-543-2397
Charter Communications, Inc.

SOURCE Charter Communications, Inc.

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Charter Communications, Inc.; or Andy Brimmer or Sharon Stern, both of Joele
Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher for Charter Communications, Inc.,
+1-212-355-4449