What a Combined Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Footprint Would Look Like

The Charter-Time Warner Cable-Bright House Networks deal would create a company second in size to only Comcast among cable operators. Charter is trying to avoid the fate of the announced merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable -- the No. 1 and 2 cable and broadband providers -- which fell apart in the face of strong reservations about how much control the combined company would have over the online video market. How big is a combined Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House footprint? According to data from GeoResults, a telecommunications database and consulting firm, the additions would give Charter, which is largely based in low-population areas, a stronger foothold in the populous Northeast.