For Immediate Release

PRESS RELEASE

                                NTL INCORPORATED
                         ANNOUNCES PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF
                          SENIOR DEFERRED COUPON NOTES

     New  York,  New York  (April 8,  1999) - NTL  Incorporated  (Nasdaq:  NTLI;
Easdaq:  NTLI.ED) announced that its subsidiary,  NTL Communications  Corp., had
priced an issue of 330 million pounds  sterling of 9-3/4% Senior Deferred Coupon
Notes due 2009.  The closing of the sale of the Notes is expected to occur on or
about April 14, 1999. The Company intends to raise approximately 204.963 million
pounds sterling of gross proceeds from the offering of the Notes.

     The Senior Deferred  Coupon Notes will not have 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 Senior  Deferred  Coupon  Notes will be 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 further information  contact:  John F. Gregg,  Managing Director - Corporate
Finance & Development;  Michael A. Peterson,  Director - Corporate  Development;
Bret Richter,  Director - Corporate Development;  or Richard J. Lubasch,  Senior
Vice President - General Counsel, at (212) 906-8440;  in the UK: Alison Smith at
01252 402662; or via e-mail at investor_relations@ntli.com.