EXHIBIT 99.4
            
                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                  PRESS RELEASE

                                NTL INCORPORATED
                ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF SALE OF 11-1/2% SENIOR NOTES


New York, New York; (November 2, 1998) - NTL Incorporated (Nasdaq: NTLI; Easdaq:
NTLI.ED) announced that it has closed its sale of $625 million of 11-1/2% Senior
Notes due 2008 (the "Senior  Notes").  The Senior Notes carry a cash-pay current
coupon.

     The net  proceeds of the  offering  will be used for  refinancing  existing
indebtedness.

     The Notes have not been  registered  under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as
amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  or any state  securities  laws, and unless so
registered,  may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or
in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws.

     Accordingly,  the Notes have been offered and sold within the United States
under rule 144A only to "qualified  institutional buyers" and outside the United
States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.


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     For  Information  Contact:  John F.  Gregg,  Managing  Director - Corporate
Finance & Development;  Michael Peterson, Director - Corporate Development; Bret
Richter,  Director - Corporate  Development  or Richard J. Lubasch,  Senior Vice
President  -  General  Counsel,  at  (212)  906-8440;  in UK:  Alison  Smith  at
01252-402662; or via e-mail at investor_relations@ntli.com.