Charter Communications Joins Cable Industry's "Our Time to Vote" Multi-Cultural Voter Education and Registration Campaign.ST. LOUIS -- Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CHTR CHTR Charter CHTR Canadian High Temperature Research ) announced today it has joined the Cable Industry's "Our Time to Vote" multi-cultural voter education and registration campaign. Charter has committed $1.75 million of airtime for the program's public service announcements (PSAs) in addition to the $5 million already committed by Comcast, Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , and Bright House Networks. "Our Time to Vote" is a year-long, non-partisan voter education and registration campaign created by the Comcast Foundation, a non-profit trust of Comcast Corporation, designed to increase voting in diverse communities served by the cable industry. "Charter is pleased to contribute to this program. Broad participation in the democratic process is important to our country, and it is critical to supporting strong local communities," said Grier Raclin, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Charter. "This campaign reflects the cable industry's commitment to active public citizenship." The estimated $6.75 million campaign features four multi-cultural PSAs, as well as the creation and launch of two nationally available voter education resources: the www.ourtimetovote.com webpage and a voter information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. hotline, 1.866.544.VOTE. The PSAs began airing in December of 2007, and will continue to run through the 2008 primary elections in Charter, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox and Bright House Networks markets. They feature appearances by African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. , Asian American A·sian A·mer·i·can also A·sian-A·mer·i·can n. A U.S. citizen or resident of Asian descent. See Usage Note at Amerasian. A and Hispanic entertainers and leaders, including Ana Ortiz Ana Ortiz (born January 251971) is a Puerto Rican-American actress and singer. She is a native of Manhattan, New York but was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is currently a regular on the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty , George Lopez
George C. Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is an American comedian and actor. He runs and produces his own show called George Lopez. , Lou Diamond Phillips, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Margaret Cho, encouraging diverse audiences to register to vote. A series of "Get out the Vote" spots will run from September 1, 2008, through November 3, 2008, just prior to the general election. The PSAs can be viewed at: http://www.comcastnews.com/Multicultural2008.wmv http://www.comcastnews.com/AfricanAmerican2008.wmv http://www.comcastnews.com/Asian2008.wmv http://www.comcastnews.com/Hispanic2008.wmv "'Our Time to Vote' is designed to bring a wide range of diverse Americans into the voting process," added Susan Gonzales, Corporate Senior Director of Federal and External Affairs and Vice President of the Comcast Foundation. "As an industry dedicated to diversity, we are pleased to make this contribution to broadened civic engagement in the African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander and Hispanic communities. We are pleased Charter has joined this important program." 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 Charter Digital[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. |
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