Charter Offers ResearchChannel Programming on VOD

Aug. 15, 2006
St. Louis, Mo. — All of Charter Communications’ video on demand-enabled digital customers now have access to ResearchChannel’s programming. ResearchChannel, a nonprofit media and technology organization, connects a global audience with the research and academic institutions whose developments, insights and discoveries affect our lives and futures.

“Special-interest programming like ResearchChannel is what is so great about VOD,” said Jeff Jay, Charter’s vice president of Product Development. “Leading-edge research is now available to Charter customers any time by way of video on demand. Remarkable speakers’, researchers’ and professors’ revolutionary thoughts and discoveries can be accessed any time.”

The Johns Hopkins University, the University of Washington and Howard Hughes Medical Institute are just a few of the world-renowned institutions that participate in ResearchChannel and whose programs will be featured on Charter VOD.

Charter has launched ResearchChannel to digital customers in all of its VOD-enabled service areas throughout the country. The entire ResearchChannel video library — over 3,000 titles — is available online at www.researchchannel.org.

“The goal of the world-class institutions that are part of ResearchChannel is to share research and scientific thinking on a panoply of subjects with as wide an audience as possible. Charter VOD brings this unique opportunity to a new audience. Through lectures, interviews and documentaries, viewers will hear firsthand, directly from researchers at leading institutions,” said Amy Philipson, executive director of ResearchChannel.

One of the initial programs available on demand is the University of Virginia’s “Faith, Certainty, and the Presidency of George W. Bush,” in which author and journalist Ron Suskind unravels mysteries of the Bush administration. Another is “New Tests, New Treatments, Better Outcomes for Patients with Colorectal Cancer,” from Stanford University Medical Center, which explains significant gains in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer.

VOD viewers will also be able to watch legendary CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite in “A Conversation with Walter Cronkite,” produced by the University of Southern California. Another program is “Google: A Behind-the-Scenes Look,” in which Jeff Dean talks about the importance of search on the Internet and the challenges it poses in computer science.

About Charter Communications
Charter Communications Inc. is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced digital video entertainment programming (Charter Digital™), Charter High-Speed™ Internet access service and Charter Telephone™ services. Charter Business™ similarly provides scalable, tailored and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking and video and music entertainment services. Charter’s advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.

About ResearchChannel
ResearchChannel links a growing global audience to the revolutionary developments, insights and discoveries of leading research and academic institutions through online, on-air and on-demand video distribution formats. Founded as a way to share breakthrough research with the public, the ResearchChannel consortium includes world-renowned universities and research institutions. Video programming ranging from technology and science innovations to fascinating arts and humanities topics is shared in its original form and without interruption.

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Media Contacts:

Anita Lamont
Charter Communications
(314) 543-2215

Laurie Giddins
ResearchChannel
(917) 478-4882