EXHIBIT 99.2


                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                  PRESS RELEASE

          NTL INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES THE COMPLETION OF ITS ACQUISITION
                      OF COMCAST UK CABLE PARTNERS LIMITED


     New York,  New York (October 29, 1998) - NTL  Incorporated  (Nasdaq:  NTLI;
Easdaq:  NTLI.ED)  announced  today that it had  completed  its  acquisition  of
Comcast UK Cable Partners Limited ("Comcast UK") (Nasdaq: CMCAF).

     Comcast UK  shareholders  received  0.3745  NTL shares for each  Comcast UK
share. NTL issued a total of 18,764,173 shares in the transaction.

     Commenting on the transaction, Barclay Knapp, President and Chief Executive
Officer of NTL, said: "The acquisition of Comcast UK significantly increases the
value of NTL and is an important step in achieving our objective of becoming the
premier  communications  company  in  the  UK.  Since  the  announcement  of the
transaction,   we  have  worked  closely  with  Comcast  UK  management  on  the
integration of the  operations.  NTL is thrilled to add the high quality Comcast
UK management team, and we look forward to working together to successfully grow
the combined companies."

     Comcast UK  operates  telephony/cable  networks  in the  United  Kingdom in
Cambridge  and Teesside and has an interest in Cable London  (50.0%  ownership).
Comcast UK has a total of  approximately  962,500  million  equity  homes  under
franchise.  As of June 30, 1998, on a proportionate  basis Comcast UK had passed
approximately 623,300 homes, and had approximately 223,100 residential telephony
customers,  152,300  residential cable television  customers and 26,700 business
telephony  lines.  On October  28,  1998,  Comcast UK sold its  interest  (27.5%
ownership) in Birmingham  Cable to Telewest  Communications  plc for 130 million
pounds sterling in cash.

     As previously announced, NTL and Telewest have also agreed within a certain
time period to rationalize  their joint ownership of Cable London pursuant to an
agreed  procedure.  Generally  between six and nine months from today,  NTL will
notify  Telewest  of the price at which it is willing to sell its 50%  ownership
interest in Cable London to Telewest.  Following such notification,  Telewest at
its option will be required at that price to either purchase NTL's 50% ownership
interest in Cable London or sell its 50%  ownership  interest in Cable London to
NTL.




     NTL offers local  business and  residential  telephony,  residential  cable
television  and Internet  services over  advanced  broadband  fiber  networks in
several  major  franchise  areas in the United  Kingdom.  Through  its  national
telecoms services  division,  NTL owns and operates one of only five independent
national  telecoms  networks in the United Kingdom and offers national  business
telecoms,  national  international  carrier  telecommunications   services,  and
satellite and radio communications  services.  NTL's broadcast services division
operates a national broadcast  transmission network of more than 1,200 owned and
shared transmission sites, and offers digital and analog broadcast  transmission
services  to major  television  and radio  stations,  nationwide  in the  United
Kingdom.

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     For further  information,  contact:  In the U.S.:  John F. Gregg,  Managing
Director -  Corporate  Development,  Michael A.  Peterson,  Director - Corporate
Development,  or Richard J. Lubasch, Senior Vice President - General Counsel, at
(212) 906-8440; in the U.K.: Bret Richter, Director - Corporate Development,  at
(0171) 227-8700 or Alison Smith, Group Communications, at (01252) 402662; or via
e-mail at investor_relations@NTLI.com.