FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


               INTERNATIONAL CABLETEL INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES
                      NAME CHANGE TO NTL INCORPORATED


New York, New York (March 24, 1997) -- INTERNATIONAL CABLETEL INCORPORATED
(NASDAQ: ICTL) ("CableTel" or "the Company") announced today that the
Company will be changing its name to NTL Incorporated. Effective March 27,
the Company will cease to trade under its current Nasdaq symbol and will
begin trading under the Nasdaq symbol "NTLI". In a separate release, the
Company also announced its financial results for the year ended December
31, 1996.

Commenting on the change, Barclay Knapp, Chief Executive Officer said,
"Almost a year ago, CableTel acquired National Transcommunications Limited
of the UK, thereby combining CableTel's local broadband telephone and
television services with NTL's national telecoms and broadcasting services.
Since then, CableTel/NTL have been offering more types of communications
services to more types of customers than any other company in the UK,
including BT. Today's name change reflects how we are now integrating those
services to become the premiere new-era telecommunications company in the
UK.

"The NTL name was chose because not only does it speak directly to what we
are - a 'national' company 'transcending' historical communications
barriers - but also because NTL has an outstanding legacy in the UK as the
pre-eminent provider of highly reliable communications services in a
variety of disciplines."

"Although our corporate identity will be changing to NTL, and most of our
national services will be branded NTL, we will continue to use the CableTel
brand to market our local telephone and television services. CableTel has
achieved strong local brand awareness through our concerted efforts to
place the company at the heart of the local community."

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its name change and its
1996 year end results on Tuesday, March 25, 1997 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern
Standard Time. Investors who wish to participate in the conference call
should register in advance at (212) 986-6667. A replay of the call will
also be available.

NTL Incorporated is a leading alternative telecoms services company in the
United Kingdom. The Company offers a variety of communications services
through five major business segments: Through its Local Telecoms and
Television Services division, the Company is the UK's third largest
operator of telephony/cable television systems and offers customers
residential telephony, business telecommunications and cable television
services over integrated high capacity networks located in five franchise
areas. The National Telecoms Services division operates a national
telecommunications network which is currently being integrated with the
Company's local broadband networks and provides national telecoms, radio
communications and satellite services. Through its Broadcast Services,
Internet and Information Services, and New Media Services business
segments, the Company offers national television and radio broadcast
transmission services, national internet services, and other related
programming and content services. The Company currently has nearly 200,000
customers subscribing to more than 340,000 services.

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For further information contact: In the U.S.: Michael A. Peterson, Director
- -- Corporate Development or Richard J. Lubasch, Senior Vice President --
General Counsel at (212) 906-8440; or in the UK: Alison Smith at
(01252)402000.