EXHIBIT 99.2


                                                     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                               PRESS RELEASE

        NTL INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES THE COMPLETION OF ITS ACQUISITION
                    OF COMCAST UK CABLE PARTNERS LIMITED


     New York, New York (October 29, 1998) - NTL Incorporated (Nasdaq:
NTLI; Easdaq: NTLI.ED) announced today that it had completed its
acquisition of Comcast UK Cable Partners Limited ("Comcast UK") (Nasdaq:
CMCAF).

     Comcast UK shareholders received 0.3745 NTL shares for each Comcast UK
share. NTL issued a total of 18,764,173 shares in the transaction.

     Commenting on the transaction, Barclay Knapp, President and Chief
Executive Officer of NTL, said: "The acquisition of Comcast UK
significantly increases the value of NTL and is an important step in
achieving our objective of becoming the premier communications company in
the UK. Since the announcement of the transaction, we have worked closely
with Comcast UK management on the integration of the operations. NTL is
thrilled to add the high quality Comcast UK management team, and we look
forward to working together to successfully grow the combined companies."

     Comcast UK operates telephony/cable networks in the United Kingdom in
Cambridge and Teesside and has an interest in Cable London (50.0%
ownership). Comcast UK has a total of approximately 962,500 million equity
homes under franchise. As of June 30, 1998, on a proportionate basis
Comcast UK had passed approximately 623,300 homes, and had approximately
223,100 residential telephony customers, 152,300 residential cable
television customers and 26,700 business telephony lines. On October 28,
1998, Comcast UK sold its interest (27.5% ownership) in Birmingham Cable to
Telewest Communications plc for 130 million pounds sterling in cash.

     As previously announced, NTL and Telewest have also agreed within a
certain time period to rationalize their joint ownership of Cable London
pursuant to an agreed procedure. Generally between six and nine months from
today, NTL will notify Telewest of the price at which it is willing to sell
its 50% ownership interest in Cable London to Telewest. Following such
notification, Telewest at its option will be required at that price to
either purchase NTL's 50% ownership interest in Cable London or sell its
50% ownership interest in Cable London to NTL.

     NTL offers local business and residential telephony, residential cable
television and Internet services over advanced broadband fiber networks in
several major franchise areas in the United Kingdom. Through its national
telecoms services division, NTL owns and operates one of only five
independent national telecoms networks in the United Kingdom and offers
national business telecoms, national international carrier
telecommunications services, and satellite and radio communications
services. NTL's broadcast services division operates a national broadcast
transmission network of more than 1,200 owned and shared transmission
sites, and offers digital and analog broadcast transmission services to
major television and radio stations, nationwide in the United Kingdom.

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     For further information, contact: In the U.S.: John F. Gregg, Managing
Director - Corporate Development, Michael A. Peterson, Director - Corporate
Development, or Richard J. Lubasch, Senior Vice President - General
Counsel, at (212) 906-8440; in the U.K.: Bret Richter, Director - Corporate
Development, at (0171) 227-8700 or Alison Smith, Group Communications, at
(01252) 402662; or via e-mail at investor-relations@NTLI.com.