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     INTERNATIONAL CABLETEL INCORPORATED FILES CLAIM IN THE U.S. DISTRICT
                    COURT AGAINST LE GROUPE VIDEOTRON LTEE


     New York, New York (December 19, 1996). International CableTel Incorporated
(NASDAQ: ICTL) ("CableTel") announced today that it has filed a multiple count
lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against
Le Groupe Videotron, Ltee and one of its subsidiaries ("GVL").

     The lawsuit stems from GVL's sale to Bell CableMedia Plc of its interest in
Videotron Plc, a UK based telephony and cable company.  In the lawsuit, CableTel
is seeking damages in connection with GVL's failure to negotiate exclusively
with CableTel in the sale of GVL's interest in Videotron after having agreed to
do so.



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