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                                  EXHIBIT 99.1

                    PRESS RELEASE, DATED SEPTEMBER 15, 1999
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                                 PRESS RELEASE
      RE: INTERMEDIA RECEIVES REQUISITE CONSENTS IN TENDER FOR ITS 11 1/4%
                 SENIOR NOTES AND EXTENDS OFFER EXPIRATION TIME

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 CONTACT: Edon Smith
September 15, 1999                             InterMedia Partners
                                               (415) 616-4600

     SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 15, 1999 - InterMedia Capital
Partners IV, L.P. ("InterMedia") today announced that it and its wholly-owned
subsidiary, InterMedia Partners IV Capital Corp. (together with InterMedia, the
"Offerors") have received the requisite consents in the tender offer and
consent solicitation (the "Offer") relating to their 11 1/4% Senior Notes due
2006 (the "Notes") pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation
Statement dated August 31, 1999 (the "Statement"). The consent solicitation
expired at 12:00 midnight on September 14, 1999 (the "Consent Time"). As of the
Consent Time, holders of approximately 99.94% of the original outstanding
principal amount of the Notes had tendered their Notes pursuant to the Offer.

     Payment on tendered securities will be made pursuant to the terms set
forth in the Statement. The supplement indenture (as described in the
Statement) effecting the proposed amendments will be executed as soon as
practicable, however, the proposed amendments to the Indenture will not be
operative until the date on which the Offerors accept tendered Notes for payment
pursuant to the Offer as described in the Statement.

     The Offerors have extended the expiration of the Offer from September 28,
1999 to 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on September 29, 1999 (such date
and time, as the same may be extended, the "Offer Expiration Time").

     TD Securities (USA) Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC are acting as
the Dealer Managers and Solicitation Agents for the Offer. The Depositary for
the Offer is The Bank of New York.

     Additional information concerning the terms of the Offer may be obtained
from TD Securities (USA) Inc. at 212-827-7669 (Attention: Ervil G. Spencer) and
Banc of America Securities LLC at 888-292-0070 (Attention: Liability Management
Group). Copies of the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement and
related documents may be obtained by contacting Beacon Hill Partners, Inc., the
Information Agent, at 800-755-5001.

     InterMedia currently operates cable systems serving over 600,000 customers
located in the southeastern United States. InterMedia is a leader in the cable
industry in the deployment of advanced cable communications services,
high-speed internet access and entertainment services.