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8-K, EX-99.1, 2000-10-20
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                                                                     EXIBIT 99.1
[NTL Logo]


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN NTL AND THE FA PREMIER LEAGUE FOR PAY-PER-VIEW RIGHTS CEASE

     New York,  New York  (October  18,  2000) - NTL  Incorporated  (NASDAQ  and
EASDAQ:  NTLI)  announces today it and the Football  Association  Premier League
have been unable to agree final terms  regarding the UK  pay-per-view  TV rights
package and negotiations have now ceased.

     The package,  for which NTL offered to pay 109 million  pounds per year was
scheduled to run for three years and would have enabled the company to screen 40
live FA Premier League matches per annum on a pay-per-view basis.

     Barclay Knapp, Chief Executive Officer of NTL said:

     "Naturally we are very  disappointed that we have not been able to complete
negotiations   under  terms  which  both  we  and  the  Premier   League   found
satisfactory.  Under the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, signed with the
Premier League some months ago, we cannot comment any further."


For further information, please contact:

In the U.S.:
John F. Gregg, Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
Richard J. Lubasch, Executive Vice President - General Counsel
Bret Richter, Vice President - Corporate Finance and Development
Amy Minnick, Investor Relations
(212) 906-8440, or via e-mail at [email protected]


In the UK:
Alison Kirkwood          +44 7788 186 154 / 01256 752 662
Malcolm Padley           +44 7788 978 199 / 01256 753 408

Buchanan Communications on +44 207 466 5000
-        Richard Oldworth
-        Mark Edwards
-        Jeremy Garcia

more on NTL

-    NTL uses state-of-the-art technology to deliver telephone, TV, internet and
     interactive services to UK homes and businesses.

-    22  million  homes  watch  ITV,  C4  and  C5  thanks  to  NTL's   broadcast
     transmitters;  and 12 million  homes are  located  within  its  fibre-optic
     broadband network.

-    NTL helped pioneer digital TV and is involved in digital terrestrial, cable
     and  satellite.  It launched  the UK's first  interactive  service in March
     1999.

-    NTL's national network carries such names as Virgin,  Orange and AT&T. With
     businesses in Ireland, France, Switzerland,  south-east Asia and Australia,
     NTL has 20,000 employees and is listed on NASDAQ and EASDAQ.

-    In May 2000,  NTL  completed  its  acquisition  of the  consumer and direct
     business operations of Cable & Wireless Communications


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