Comcast and Time Warner Agree to Restructure Kansas City and Texas Cable Partnerships.Business Editors NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2003 Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CMCSA, CMCSK) and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. ) today announced an agreement to restructure their two cable joint ventures, Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). Cable Partners and Texas Cable Partners, that essentially keeps the current provisions of the partnerships in place for at least the next two years and provides for a simple dissolution of the partnerships in the future. Texas Cable Partners serves about 1.2 million subscribers in Houston and other south Texas communities, and Kansas City Cable Partners has approximately 300,000 subscribers in Kansas City, MO. Under the current arrangements, Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. and Comcast are 50/50 partners in the two cable joint ventures, whose systems Time Warner Cable manages. Under the restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). , Time Warner Cable and Comcast agreed to: -- Merge the Kansas City partnership into the Texas partnership, of which Time Warner Cable and Comcast will own 50% each; -- Extend Time Warner Cable's management of the systems for at least the next two years; -- Allow either party to trigger the split of the combined partnership after the later of June 1, 2006 or the two-year anniversary of the merger; and -- Give the non-triggering party the right to choose and take full ownership of one of two pools of the combined partnership's systems - one pool consisting of the Houston systems and the other consisting of the Kansas City and south Texas systems - with an arrangement to distribute the debt among the pools. The remaining pool of systems and any debt associated with that pool would be owned by the party that triggered the split. This split-up mechanism replaces an existing buy-sell provision under the current partnership agreements. The restructuring is subject to customary conditions, including receipt of applicable regulatory approvals. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any such forward-looking statements. Readers are directed to Comcast's and Time Warner's filings with the SEC for more detailed information about such risks and uncertainties. About Comcast Corporation Comcast Corporation (www.comcast.com) is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks, and in the provision of programming content. The Company is the largest cable company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , serving more than 21 million cable subscribers. The Company's content businesses include majority ownership of Comcast Spectacor, Comcast SportsNet, E! Entertainment Television, Style, The Golf Channel, Outdoor Life Network and G4. Comcast Class A common stock and Class A Special common stock trade on The NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbols CMCSA and CMCSK, respectively. About Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable owns and manages cable systems serving 10.9 million subscribers in 27 states, which include some of the most technologically advanced, best-clustered cable systems in the country with more than 75% of the Company's customers in systems of 300,000 subscribers or more. Utilizing a fully upgraded advanced cable network and a steadfast commitment to providing consumers with choice, value and world-class customer service, Time Warner Cable is an industry leader in delivering advanced products and services such as video on demand, high definition television, high-speed data, wireless home networking and digital video recorders See DVR. . Time Warner Cable is a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. About Time Warner Inc. Time Warner Inc. is the world's leading media and entertainment company, whose businesses include filmed entertainment, interactive services, television networks, cable systems, publishing and music. |
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