CONTINENTAL CABLEVISION INC
8-A12G, 1995-12-01
CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES
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                                    FORM 8-A


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                          CONTINENTAL CABLEVISION, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


               Delaware                             04-2370836
         (State of incorporation                 I.R.S. Employer
            or organization)                    Identification No.
          


            The Pilot House, Lewis Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
         (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)


         Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


         Title of each class                  Name of each exchange on which
         to be so registered                  each class is to be registered
               None



         Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                      Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value
                                (Title of class)


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Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be registered.

     Those portions of Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No.
33-63529, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 1995,
as  amended  (the  "Registration  Statement"),   set  forth  under  the  caption
"Description of Capital Stock" are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.  Exhibits.

     1. Form of Class A Common Stock certificate.

     2. Copies of all constituent instruments defining the rights of the holders
of each class of such  securities,  including any  contracts or other  documents
which limit or qualify the rights of such holders.

         2.1     Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. (1)

         2.2     Certificate of Designation of the Registrant Relating to the 
                 Series A Participating Convertible Preferred Stock. (1)

         2.3     Form of Amendment to the Registrant's Restated Certificate of 
                 Incorporation, increasing the number of authorized shares. (1)

         2.4     By-laws of the Registrant. (1)

         2.5     Amendment to By-laws of the Registrant. (1)





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(1) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement of the Registrant,
Number 33-57471 declared effective by the Securities and Exchange  Commission on
August 31, 1995.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 12 of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant  has duly caused this  registration  statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

(Registrant):  Continental Cablevision, Inc,
Date:          December 1, 1995
By:            /s/ P. Eric Krauss
               P. Eric Krauss
               Vice President and Treasurer


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                                                          Exhibit 1

                           Front of Stock Certificate




         Number                 Picture of Registrant's             Shares
A                               Boston Headquarters
                                Appears Here.

                  CONTINENTAL CABLEVISION, INC. CUSIP 211177 10 0
              INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                            CLASS A COMMON STOCK          SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR
                                                          CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 
                                                           OR OTHER LEGENDS

This
Certifies
That                                Blank Space Appears Here


is the owner of


          FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK,
                          PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE, OF
                          CONTINENTAL CABLEVISION, INC.
        transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly
         authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly
              endorsed or assigned. This Certificate and the shares
           represented hereby are subject to the laws of the State of
         Delaware, and to the provisions of the Restated Certificate of
        Incorporation and By-laws of the Corporation as now or hereafter
         amended. This Certificate is not valid until countersigned and
                 registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

WITNESS the facsimile seal of the  Corporation  and the facsimile  signatures of
its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

Corporate Seal
Appears Here

                /s/ Amos B. Hostetter, Jr.        /s/ P.Eric Krauss
                Chairman                    Vice President and Treasurer


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                            Back of Stock Certificate

                          CONTINENTAL CABLEVISION, INC.

The  Corporation  is  authorized  to issue  more than one  class of  stock.  The
preferences,  voting powers,  qualifications  and special and relative rights of
the shares of each class of stock are set forth in the Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation  of the  Corporation  (the  "Certificate").  The shares of Class A
Common Stock  represented by this  certificate may be subject to restrictions on
transfer,  suspension  of  stock  ownership  rights  and/or  redemption  by  the
Corporation  in  certain  circumstances,  all on the terms set forth in  Article
Eighth of the Certificate.  A copy of the Certificate will be furnished  without
charge upon written  request  addressed to the  Corporation  at The Pilot House,
Lewis Wharf, Boston, MA 02110, attention: Treasurer.



     The following  abbreviations  when used in the  inscription  on the face of
this  certificate,  shall be  construed  as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.

TEN COM-as tenants in common            UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-______Custodian______
                                                          (Cust)        (Minor)
TEN ENT-as tenants by the entirety            under the Uniform Gifts to Minors

JT TEN-as joint tenants with rights of
           survivorship and not as tenants                Act_______________
           in common                                           (State)

     Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
*        For value received, .......................... hereby sell,
assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Box appears here)............................................................
 ...............................................................................
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE
 ..............................................................................
 ..............................................................................
 ..............................................................................
 ................................................. Shares of the capital stock 
represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint........................................................................
 ...............................................................................
Attorney  to  transfer  the  said  stock  on  the  books  of the  within-named
Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated..............................


                                       ......................

Signature Guaranteed by

 ...........................

* The following  legend appears along the edge of the  assignment:  NOTICE:  The
signature to this  assignment  must correspond with the name as written upon the
face of the Certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement,
or any change whatever.




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