Reuters: Charter execs are exploring whether to launch an online video service as part of its combination with larger rival Time Warner Cable, in what would be an unprecedented move in the cable industry. Tom Rutledge, who would run the combined Charter-Time Warner Cable, has opened the door to establishing the cable industry’s first competitor to services like Netflix and Hulu. “We’re certainly exploring that thought,” Rutledge said. “But whether you can put an over-the-top product together today with the existing services that are in cable and make that work is unclear to us. It’s certainly something of interest.”