Charter Communications has sealed a deal to acquire John Malone's Liberty Broadband in the latest media chess move by Malone.

Charter Communications ’ long-awaited deal to buy Liberty Broadband in an all-stock transaction looks like a win for Charter investors. Charter effectively will buy Liberty Broadband, whose main asset is a roughly 26% stake in the country’s second-largest cable company,

Liberty Broadband is the largest shareholder in Charter, the largest U.S. pay TV provider, which does business under the Spectrum brand. Its major assets include about 45.6 million shares in Charter as well as Alaskan telecommunications company GCI, which will be spun off when the acquisition of Liberty Broadband is complete.