CABLE TV FUND 12-C LTD
10-Q, 1996-11-13
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                                   FORM 10-Q

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549


(Mark One)
[X]  Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
     Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1996
                               ------------------


[ ]  Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from               to              
                               --------------  --------------

                        Commission File Number: 0-13964

 
                           CABLE TV FUND 12-C, LTD.
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               Exact name of registrant as specified in charter

Colorado                                                              84-0970000
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State of organization                                      I.R.S. employer I.D.#

    9697 East Mineral Avenue, P.O. Box 3309, Englewood, Colorado 80155-3309
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                     Address of principal executive office

                                (303) 792-3111
                       ---------------------------------
                         Registrant's telephone number


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (l) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section l3 or l5(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of l934 during
the preceding l2 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes    X                                                              No        
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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-C, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

                           UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEETS
                           ------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
                                                   September 30,   December 31,
                                                       1996           1995
                                                   -------------   ------------
<S>                                                <C>             <C>
 
         ASSETS                                    $       -       $      -
         ------                                    =============   ============
 
   LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' DEFICIT
   --------------------------------- 
 
LIABILITIES:
  Loss in excess of investment in cable
    television joint venture                       $  3,461,031    $  4,702,099
  Accounts payable--affiliated entities                    -            159,137
                                                   ------------    ------------
 
     Total liabilities                                3,461,031       4,861,236
                                                   ------------    ------------
 
PARTNERS' DEFICIT:
  General Partner--
    Contributed capital                                   1,000           1,000
    Accumulated deficit                                (155,966)       (254,008)
                                                   ------------    ------------
 
                                                       (154,966)       (253,008)
                                                   ------------    ------------
  Limited Partners--

    Net contributed capital (47,626 units
     outstanding at September 30, 1996
     and December 31, 1995)                          19,998,049      19,998,049
    Accumulated deficit                             (14,900,114)    (24,606,277)
    Distributions                                    (8,404,000)            -
                                                   ------------    ------------
 
                                                     (3,306,065)     (4,608,228)
                                                   ------------    ------------
 
   Total liabilities and partners' deficit         $       -       $      -
                                                   ============    ============
</TABLE>


            The accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements
            are an integral part of these unaudited balance sheets.

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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-C, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

                      UNAUDITED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                      ----------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
 
                                   For the Three Months Ended               For the Nine Months Ended       
                                         September 30,                            September 30,     
                                   --------------------------               -------------------------
                                      1996            1995                     1996          1995   
                                   ---------        ---------               ----------    -----------
<S>                                 <C>            <C>                        <C>          <C>      
EQUITY IN NET INCOME (LOSS)                                                                         
  OF CABLE TELEVISION                                                                               
  JOINT VENTURE                     $(308,716)     $(434,524)               $9,804,205   $(1,391,409)
                                    ---------      ---------                ----------   -----------
                                                                                                    
NET INCOME (LOSS)                    (308,716)     $(434,524)               $9,804,205   $(1,391,409)
                                    =========      =========                ==========   ===========
                                                                                                    
ALLOCATION OF NET                                                                                   
  INCOME (LOSS):                                                                                    
  General Partner                   $  (3,087)     $  (4,345)               $   98,042   $   (13,914)
                                    =========      =========                ==========   ===========
                                                                                                    
  Limited Partners                  $(305,629)     $(430,179)               $9,706,163   $(1,377,495)
                                    =========      =========                ==========   ===========
                                                                                                    
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER LIMITED                                                                       
  PARTNERSHIP UNIT                  $   (6.42)     $   (9.03)               $   203.80   $    (28.92)
                                    =========      =========                ==========   ===========
                                                                                                    
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF                                                                          
  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS                                                                         
  OUTSTANDING                          47,626         47,626                    47,626        47,626
                                    =========      =========                ==========   =========== 
</TABLE>
            The accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements
              are an integral part of these unaudited statements.

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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-C, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

                      UNAUDITED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                      ----------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
 
                                                                   For the Nine Months Ended
                                                                         September 30,
                                                                  --------------------------- 
                                                                      1996          1995
                                                                  -----------   -------------
<S>                                                               <C>           <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
  Net income (loss)                                               $ 9,804,205     $(1,391,409)
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net
    cash provided by operating activities:
      Equity in net income (loss) of cable
        television joint venture                                   (9,804,205)      1,391,409
                                                                  -----------     -----------
  
         Net cash provided by operating activities                      -               -
                                                                  -----------     -----------
 
Net change in cash                                                      -               -
 
Cash, beginning of period                                               -               -
                                                                  -----------     -----------
 
Cash, end of period                                               $     -         $     -
                                                                  ===========     ===========
 
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE:
  Interest paid                                                   $     -         $     -
                                                                  ===========     ===========
</TABLE>

            The accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements
              are an integral part of these unaudited statements.
                                        

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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-C, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

                    NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                    ---------------------------------------


(1)  This Form 10-Q is being filed in conformity with the SEC requirements for
unaudited financial statements and does not contain all of the necessary
footnote disclosures required for a fair presentation of the Balance Sheets
and Statements of Operations and Cash Flows in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.  However, in the opinion of management,
this data includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring
accruals, necessary to present fairly the financial position of Cable TV
Fund 12-C, Ltd. (the "Partnership" or "Fund 12-C") at September 30, 1996
and December 31, 1995, its Statements of Operations for the three and nine
month periods ended September 30, 1996 and 1995 and its Statements of Cash
Flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 1996.  Results of
operations for these periods are not necessarily indicative of results to
be expected for the full year.  The Partnership owns a 15 percent interest
in Cable TV Fund 12-BCD Venture (the "Venture").  The Venture owns and
operates the cable television systems serving Palmdale, California (the
"Palmdale System") and Albuquerque, New Mexico (the "Albuquerque System").
As discussed below, the Venture sold its Tampa, Florida system on February
28, 1996.

(2)  Jones Intercable, Inc., a publicly held Colorado corporation (the "General
Partner"), manages the Venture and receives a fee for its services equal to
5 percent of the gross revenues of the Venture, excluding revenues from the
sale of cable television systems or franchises.  Management fees paid by
the Venture to the General Partner during the three and nine month periods
ended September 30, 1996 attributable to the Partnership's 15 percent
interest in the Venture were $147,732, and $476,047, respectively, compared
to $196,201 and $574,738 for the similar 1995 periods.

     The Venture reimburses the General Partner for certain allocated overhead
and administrative expenses.  These expenses represent the salaries and related
benefits paid for corporate personnel, rent, data processing services, and other
corporate facilities costs.  Such personnel provide engineering, marketing,
administrative, accounting, legal and investor relations services to the
Venture.  Allocations of personnel costs are primarily based on actual time
spent by employees of the General Partner with respect to each partnership
managed.  Remaining expenses are allocated based on the pro rata relationship of
the Venture's revenues to the total revenues of all systems owned or managed by
the General Partner and certain of its subsidiaries.  Systems owned by the
General Partner and all other systems owned by partnerships for which Jones
Intercable, Inc. is the general partner are also allocated a proportionate share
of these expenses.  The General Partner believes that the methodology used in
allocating overhead and administrative expenses is reasonable.  Reimbursements
made by the Venture to the General Partner for allocated overhead and
administrative expenses during the three and nine month periods ended September
30, 1996 attributable to the Partnership's 15 percent interest in the Venture
were $170,447 and $618,271, respectively, compared to $257,089 and $788,900 for
the similar 1995 periods.  See Note 4 for disclosure of the total management
fees and allocated overhead and administrative expenses paid by the Venture.

(3)  On February 28, 1996, the Venture sold the cable television system serving
areas in and around Tampa, Florida (the "Tampa System") to Jones Cable
Holdings, Inc. ("JCH"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the General Partner.
The sales price of the Tampa System was $110,395,667, subject to normal
working capital closing adjustments.  This price represented the average of
three separate, independent appraisals of the fair market value of the
Tampa System.  In February 1996, the Venture's debt arrangements were
amended to permit a $55,000,000 distribution to the Venture's partners from
the sale proceeds, and the balance of the sale proceeds were used to reduce
Venture indebtedness.  Fund 12-C's portion of this distribution was
$8,404,000.  A portion of Fund 12-C's distribution was used to repay an
amount due the Venture, leaving $8,244,863 to be distributed to Fund 12-C's
partners.  Because the limited partners of Fund 12-C have not yet received
distributions in an amount equal to 100 percent of the capital initially
contributed to Fund 12-C by them, the entire portion of Fund 12-C's
distribution was distributed to the limited partners in March 1996.  This
distribution has given Fund 12-C's limited partners an approximate return
of $350 for each $1,000 invested in Fund 12-C.
                          
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     The pro forma effect of the sale of the Tampa System on the results of the
Venture's operations for the nine month periods ended September 30, 1996 and
1995, assuming the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the periods, is
presented in the following unaudited tabulation:

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                      For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1996
                      -------------------------------------------- 
                                        Pro Forma
                         As Reported   Adjustments    Pro Forma
                         -----------  -------------  ------------
<S>                      <C>          <C>            <C>
     Revenues            $62,317,984  $  4,885,191   $57,432,793
                         ===========  ============   ===========
 
     Operating Income    $ 1,091,604  $ (1,131,894)  $ 2,223,498
                         ===========  ============   ===========
 
     Net Income          $48,651,036  $(50,311,123)  $(1,660,087)
                         ===========  ============   ===========
 
</TABLE>

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                       For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1995
                       -------------------------------------------- 
                                         Pro Forma
                          As Reported   Adjustments    Pro Forma
                          ------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                       <C>           <C>           <C>
     Revenues             $75,237,447   $21,240,827   $53,996,620
                          ===========   ===========   ===========
 
     Operating Income     $ 2,458,031   $  (622,489)  $ 1,835,542
                          ===========   ===========   ===========
 
     Net Income (Loss)    $(9,107,269)  $ 2,376,752   $(6,730,517)
                          ===========   ===========   ===========
</TABLE>

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(4)  Summarized financial information regarding the Venture is presented below.


                           UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEETS
                           ------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  ASSETS                                            September 30, 1996   December 31, 1995   
  ------                                            ------------------   -----------------            
<S>                                                 <C>                  <C>                          
Cash and accounts receivable                             $   4,312,041       $   6,008,704            
                                                                                                      
Investment in cable television properties                  113,624,325         155,502,648            
                                                                                                      
Other assets                                                 3,074,566           1,974,677            
                                                         -------------       -------------            
                                                                                                      
      Total assets                                       $ 121,010,932       $ 163,486,029            
                                                         =============       =============            
                                                                                                      
  LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL                                                                   
  ---------------------------------                                                                   
                                                                                                      
Debt                                                     $ 138,245,212       $ 180,770,267            
                                                                                                      
Trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities               3,132,196          12,446,080            
                                                                                                      
Partners' contributed capital                              135,490,944         135,490,944            
                                                                                                      
Accumulated deficit                                       (100,857,420)       (165,221,262)            
                                                                                                      
Distributions                                              (55,000,000)             -                 
                                                         -------------       -------------            
                                                                                                      
      Total liabilities and partners' capital            $ 121,010,932       $ 163,486,029            
                                                         =============       =============             
</TABLE>




                      UNAUDITED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                      ----------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   For the Three Months Ended    For the Nine Months Ended
                                          September 30,                 September 30,
                                  ----------------------------  ---------------------------
                                      1996           1995           1996          1995
                                  -------------  -------------  ------------  -------------
<S>                               <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>
Revenues                           $19,339,146    $25,684,165   $62,317,984   $ 75,237,447
 
Operating expenses                  11,214,845     15,089,829    37,638,477     43,747,151
 
Management fees and
  allocated overhead
  from General Partner               2,082,596      2,966,946     7,162,703      8,925,505
 
Depreciation and
  amortization                       5,167,369      6,742,379    16,425,200     20,106,760
                                   -----------    -----------   -----------   ------------
 
Operating income                       874,336        885,011     1,091,604      2,458,031
 
Interest expense, net               (2,770,590)    (3,678,727)   (8,645,364)   (11,594,350)
 
Other, net                            (124,402)       (50,399)   71,917,602         29,050
                                   -----------    -----------   -----------   ------------
 
      Net income (loss)            $(2,020,656)   $(2,844,115)  $64,363,842   $ (9,107,269)
                                   ===========    ===========   ===========   ============
</TABLE>

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     Management fees paid to the General Partner by the Venture totaled $966,957
and $3,115,899 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 1996,
respectively, and $1,284,208 and $3,761,872 for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 1995, respectively. Reimbursements for overhead and administrative
expenses paid to the General Partner by the Venture totaled $1,115,639 and
$4,046,804 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 1996, respectively,
and $1,682,738 and $5,163,633, for the three and nine months ended September 30,
1995, respectively.
                        
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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-C, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

        MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
                             RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
                             ---------------------


FINANCIAL CONDITION
- -------------------

     It is the General Partner's publicly announced policy that it intends to
liquidate its managed limited partnerships, including the Partnership, as
opportunities for sales of partnership cable television systems arise in the
marketplace over the next several years.  In accordance with the General
Partner's policy, the Venture sold the Tampa System in February 1996.  No 
specific dates or terms have yet been set for the sale of the remainder of the 
Ventures systems.

     The Partnership owns a 15 percent interest in the Venture. The investment
in cable television joint venture is accounted for under the equity method. The
Partnership's share of losses generated by the Venture have exceeded the
Partnership's initial investment in the Venture; therefore, the investment is
classified as a liability. This liability decreased by $1,241,068, which
represents the Partnership's share of income generated by the Venture for the
nine months ended September 30, 1996, reduced by the distribution from the
Venture.

     On February 28, 1996, the Venture sold the Tampa System to JCH.  The sales
price of the Tampa System was $110,395,667, subject to normal working capital
closing adjustments.  This price represented the average of three separate,
independent appraisals of the fair market value of the Tampa System.  In
February 1996, the Venture's debt arrangements were amended to permit a
$55,000,000 distribution to the Venture's partners from the sale proceeds, and
the balance of the sale proceeds were used to reduce Venture indebtedness.  Fund
12-C's portion of this distribution was $8,404,000.  A portion of Fund 12-C's
distribution was used to repay an amount due the Venture, leaving $8,244,863 to
be distributed to Fund 12-C's partners.  Because the limited partners of Fund
12-C have not yet received distributions in an amount equal to 100 percent of
the capital initially contributed to Fund 12-C by them, the entire portion of
Fund 12-C's distribution was distributed to the limited partners in March 1996.
This distribution has given Fund 12-C's limited partners an approximate return
of $350 for each $1,000 invested in Fund 12-C.

     Capital expenditures for the Venture totaled approximately $9,181,000
during the first nine months of 1996. New plant construction accounted for
approximately 49 percent of the capital expenditures. Service drops to homes
accounted for approximately 20 percent of the capital expenditures. The
remaining expenditures related to various system enhancements. These capital
expenditures were funded primarily from cash generated from operations and
borrowings from the General Partner. Expected capital expenditures for the
remainder of 1996 are approximately $4,200,000. Service drops to homes are
anticipated to account for approximately 83 percent. The remainder of the
expenditures are for various system enhancements in all of the Venture's
systems. These capital expenditures are necessary to maintain the value of the
Venture's systems. Funding for these expenditures is expected to be provided by
cash on hand, cash generated from operations and borrowings from the Venture's
credit facility.

     The Venture's debt arrangements at September 30, 1996 consisted of
$55,393,187 of Senior Notes placed with a group of institutional lenders and a
$120,000,000 credit facility with a group of commercial bank lenders.  The
Senior Notes and credit facility are equal in standing with the other, and both
are equally secured by the assets of the Venture.

     The Senior Notes have a fixed interest rate of 8.64 percent and a final
maturity date of March 31, 2000.  The Senior Notes required payments of interest
only to March 1996, with interest and accelerating principal payments required
for the four years thereafter, payable semi-annually in March and September.  In
February 1996, the Venture was required to make a principal repayment of
approximately $33,650,000 from proceeds received from the sale of the Tampa
System.  The Senior Notes carry a "make-whole" payment, which is a prepayment
penalty, in the event the notes are prepaid prior to maturity.  The make-whole
payment protects the lenders in the event that prepaid funds are reinvested at a
rate below 8.64 percent.  The Venture was required to pay a make-whole payment
in February 1996 of approximately $2,217,000.  The principal payment of
approximately $3,952,700 due in March 1997 is expected to be funded from cash on
hand, cash generated from operations and borrowings from the Venture's credit
facility.

     In February 1996, the Venture was required by the terms of its then-
existing $87,000,000 credit facility to make a principal repayment of
$22,000,000 from proceeds received from the sale of the Tampa System.
Simultaneously with the

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sale of the Tampa System, the Venture amended this credit facility to increase
the amount available to $120,000,000 to meet the Venture's long-term financing
requirements. The balance outstanding on the Venture's amended credit facility
at September 30, 1996 was $82,130,620, leaving $37,869,380 available. At the
Venture's option, the credit facility matures on either December 31, 1999 or
December 31, 2004. In the event the Venture elects the latter maturity date, the
credit facility will amortize in consecutive quarterly amounts. Interest on the
amended credit facility is at the Venture's option of the London Interbank
Offered Rate plus .625 percent to 1.375 percent, the Prime Rate plus 0 percent
to .375 percent or the Certificate of Deposit Rate plus .75 percent to 1.50
percent. The effective interest rates on amounts outstanding on the Venture's
credit facility as of September 30, 1996 and 1995 were 6.97 percent and 7.38
percent, respectively.

     The Venture has sufficient sources of capital available through its
ability to generate cash from operations and borrowings under its credit
facility to meet its presently anticipated needs.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
- ---------------------

     Revenues in the Venture's systems decreased $6,345,019, or approximately 25
percent, to $19,339,146 for the three month period ended September 30, 1996 from
$25,684,165 for the comparable period in 1995. Revenues decreased $12,919,463,
or approximately 17 percent, to $62,317,984 for the nine month period ended
September 30, 1996 from $75,237,447 for the comparable period in 1995. These
decreases were due to the sale of the Tampa System. Disregarding the effect of
the Tampa System sale, revenues increased $921,615, or approximately 5 percent,
to $19,339,146 for the three month period ended September 30, 1996 from
$18,417,531 for the comparable period in 1995. Revenues increased $3,436,173, or
approximately 6 percent, to $57,432,793 for the nine month period ended
September 30, 1996 from $53,996,620 for the comparable period in 1995. An
increase in the number of basic service subscribers combined with basic service
rate increases implemented in the Venture's systems primarily accounted for the
increase in revenues. An increase in the number of basic service subscribers in
the Albuquerque System and the Palmdale System accounted for approximately 36
percent and 44 percent, respectively, of the increase in basic service revenues
for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 1996. The number of
basic service subscribers increased by 4,091 subscribers, or approximately 2
percent, to 175,214 subscribers for the nine month period ended September 30,
1996 from 171,123 subscribers for the comparable period in 1995. Basic service
rate increases accounted for approximately 64 percent and 56 percent,
respectively, of the increase in basic service revenues for the three and nine
month periods ended September 30, 1996. No other individual factors were
significant to the increases in revenues.

     Operating expenses consist primarily of costs associated with the
administration of the Partnership's cable television systems.  The principal
cost components are salaries paid to system personnel, programming expenses,
professional fees, subscriber billing costs, rent for leased facilities, cable
system maintenance expenses and consumer marketing expenses.

     Operating expenses decreased $3,874,984, or approximately 25 percent, to
$11,214,845 for the three month period ended September 30, 1996 from $15,089,829
for the comparable period in 1995. Operating expenses decreased $6,108,674, or
approximately 13 percent, to $37,638,477 for the nine month period ended
September 30, 1996 from $43,747,151 for the comparable period in 1995.
Disregarding the effect of the Tampa System sale, operating expenses increased
$30,866, or approximately less than 1 percent, to $11,134,627 for the three
month period ended September 30, 1996 from $11,103,758 for the comparable period
in 1995. Operating expenses increased $2,632,201, or approximately 9 percent, to
$33,189,795 for the nine month period ended September 30, 1996 from $30,557,594
for the comparable period in 1995. Operating expenses represented 57 percent and
58 percent, respectively, of revenues for the three month periods ended
September 30, 1996 and 1995, and 60 percent and 58 percent, respectively, for
the nine month periods ended September 30, 1996 and 1995. An increase in
programming fees primarily accounted for the increase in operating expenses. No
other factor contributed significantly to the increase in operating expenses.

     Management fees and allocated overhead from the General Partners decreased
$884,350, or approximately 29 percent, to $2,082,596 for the three month period
ended September 30, 1996 from $2,966,946 for the comparable period in 1995.
Management fees and allocated overhead from the General Partners decreased
$1,762,802, or approximately 19 percent, to $7,162,703 for the nine month period
ended September 30, 1996 from $8,925,505 for the comparable period in 1995.
Disregarding the effect of the Tampa System sale, management fees and allocated
overhead from the General Partners increased $146,060, or approximately 8
percent, to $2,082,596 for the three month period ended September 30, 1996 from
$1,936,536 for the comparable period in 1995.  Management fees and allocated
overhead from the General Partner increased $184,077, or approximately 3
percent, to $6,585,846 for the nine month period ended September 30, 

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1996 from $6,401,769 for the comparable period in 1995. These increases were due
to the increases in revenues, upon which such management fees and allocations
are based.

     Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $1,575,010, or
approximately 23 percent, to $5,167,369 for the three month period ended
September 30, 1996 from $6,742,379 for the comparable period in 1995.
Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $3,681,560, or approximately 18
percent, to $16,425,200 for the nine month period ended September 30, 1996 from
$20,106,760 for the comparable period in 1995.  Disregarding the effect of the
Tampa System sale, depreciation and amortization expense increased $24,345, or
approximately less than 1 percent, to $5,167,369 for the three month period
ended September 30, 1996 from $5,143,024 for the comparable period in 1995.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $247,084, or approximately 2
percent, to $15,433,462 for the nine month period ended September 30, 1996 from
$15,186,378 for the comparable period in 1995.  These decreases were due to the
maturation of the Partnership's asset base.

     The Venture's operating income decreased $10,675, or approximately 1
percent, to $874,336 for the three month period ended September 30, 1996 from
$885,011 for the comparable period in 1995.  Operating income decreased
$1,366,427, or approximately 55 percent to $1,091,604 for the nine month period
ended September 30, 1996 from $2,458,031 for the comparable period in 1995.
Disregarding the effect of the Tampa System sale, operating income increased
$600,341 to $834,554 for the three month period ended September 30, 1996 from
$234,213 for the comparable period in 1995.  Operating income increased
$252,811, or approximately 14 percent, to $2,103,690 for the nine month period
ended September 30, 1996 from $1,850,879 for the comparable period in 1995.
These increases were due to the decreases in depreciation and amortization
expense in 1996.

     The cable television industry generally measures the financial performance
of a cable television system in terms of cash flow or operating income before
depreciation and amortization.  The value of a cable television system is often
determined using multiples of cash flow.  This measure is not intended to be a
substitute or improvement upon the items disclosed on the financial statements,
rather it is included because it is an industry standard.  Operating income
before depreciation and amortization decreased $1,585,685, or approximately 20
percent, to $6,041,705 for the three month period ended September 30, 1996 from
$7,627,390 for the comparable period in 1995.  Operating income before
depreciation and amortization expense decreased $5,047,987, or approximately 22
percent, to $17,516,804 for the nine month period ended September 30, 1996 from
$22,564,791 for the comparable period in 1995.  Disregarding the effect of the
Tampa System sale, operating income before depreciation and amortization
increased $624,686, or approximately 12 percent, to $6,001,923 for the three
month period ended September 30, 1996 from $5,377,237 for the comparable period
in 1995.  Operating income before depreciation and amortization increased
$499,895, or approximately 3 percent, to $17,537,152 for the nine month period
ended September 30, 1996 from $17,037,257 for the comparable period in 1995.
These increases were due to the increases in revenues exceeding the increases in
operating expenses and management fees and allocated overhead from the General
Partners.

     Interest expense decreased $908,137, or approximately 24 percent, to
$2,770,590 for the three month period ended September 30, 1996 from $3,678,227
for the comparable period in 1995.  Interest expense decreased $2,948,986, or
approximately 25 percent, to $8,645,364 for the nine month period ended
September 30, 1996 from $11,594,350 for the comparable period in 1995.  These
decreases in interest expense were primarily due to the lower outstanding
balance and lower effective interest rates on the Venture's interest bearing
obligations.  A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Tampa System was
used to reduce the Venture's debt.

     The Venture recognized a gain of $71,914,391 related to the sale of the
Tampa system in February 1996.  No similar gain was recognized in 1995.

     Net loss decreased $625,809, or approximately 29 percent, to $1,526,444 for
the three months ended September 30, 1996 from $2,152,253 for the comparable
period in 1995.  Net income totaled $48,651,036 for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 compared to a net loss of $6,883,565 for the comparable 1995
period.  These changes were due to the gain on the sale of the Tampa system.
                    
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                          PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

     a)   Exhibits

          27)  Financial Data Schedule

     b)   Reports on Form 8-K

          None.
                      
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                                  SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                             CABLE TV FUND 12-C, LTD.
                                             BY:  JONES INTERCABLE, INC.
                                                  General Partner



                                             By:  /s/ Kevin P. Coyle
                                                  -----------------------------
                                                  Kevin P. Coyle
                                                  Group Vice President/Finance
                                                  (Principal Financial Officer)

Dated:  November 13, 1996
            
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