Charter Stock Jumps After Rare Pay-TV Subscriber Gain In Q4

Charter shares jumped as much as 12% in early trading Friday after the company reported a rare uptick in video subscribers and fewer broadband losses than expected in the October-to-December quarter. In the quarter ended December 31, Charter added 44,000 video customers, compared with a loss of 123,000 in the year-earlier quarter. It ended the year with 12.6 million video customers, making it the No. 1 pay-TV operator in the U.S. Internet subscriber levels dipped by 119,000, which was better than analysts ...