Justin Venech, VP-PR, at Time Warner Cable for the past ten years, has jumped to Charter Communications, the nation’s No. 4 cable TV company, for the VP-communications slot.

He will handle PR, media relations, government affairs and financial outreach for the Stamford-based company. Venech will report to Alex Dudley, senior VP-communications & PA.

Dudley called Venech “a proven leader who brings with him a wealth of industry knowledge and expertise in development and executing high-impact strategic communications.”

Prior to TWC, Venech was at Rainbow Media Holdings, which is now part of the AMC Networks.

TWC, on Oct. 7, announced a $600M deal to acquire DukeNet, which provides high-capacity broadband services to wireless carriers, data centers, corporations and governments in five southeastern states.

It completed a high-profile battle over retransmission fees with CBS Corp. last month.