STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) today announced that
David Kline will join the Company as
Executive Vice President, President of Media Sales. In this role,
Kline will oversee all aspects of Charter's advertising and media
business and will report to Tom
Rutledge, President and Chief Executive Officer.
"David is an industry veteran with over 30 years of knowledge
and experience in his field," said Rutledge. "David's
strategic leadership will further elevate Charter's position as an
innovator in the advanced TV advertising space."
"Advertisers are asking for more and better ways to enhance
their sizable investment in television ads. Our goal is to offer
advertisers data-driven, better targeted ads that, in some cases,
subscribers will be able to interact with. The advanced services we
will make available in our markets will distinguish Charter as the
advertising platform of choice," said Kline.
With a career spanning over 33 years in the media business,
Kline has managed regional sports networks, cable networks, an MVPD
Ad Sales organization and TV ad tech solution providers. Before
joining Charter, Kline served as President and Chief Operating
Officer at Visible World. Prior to this, Kline was Chief Operating
Officer of Ensequence, a leading provider of interactive TV
applications, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations for all
sales, marketing and communications of Ensequence's interactive
advertising and programming products and services. Most notable,
Kline was President and Chief Operating Officer of Cablevision
Media Sales for over 14 years, where he oversaw day-to-day
operations for Cablevision's advertising businesses including local
cable, interconnects, regional news channels, national cable
networks, and advanced advertising products. While at Cablevision,
Kline led the TV industry charge in advanced advertising by
launching many firsts for the cable industry, including the first
full household addressable TV advertising footprint, first
dedicated advertiser channels, and first to offer dynamic ad
insertion into VOD.
Kline holds a Bachelor's Degree from The Ohio State University. He will be based at
Charter's Stamford, Connecticut
corporate headquarters.
About Charter
Charter (NASDAQ: CHTR) 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 Spectrum TV™ video
entertainment programming, Spectrum Internet™ access, and Spectrum
Voice™. Spectrum 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 Spectrum Reach™ brand. More
information about Charter can be found at charter.com
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