NTL Enhances Senior Management Team, Advances Combination With Telewest

-- Stephen Burch Appointed President and CEO and Director, Simon Duffy Named Executive Vice Chairman

-- Announces Amended Telewest Transaction Structure, Filing Of Joint Proxy Statement

NTL Incorporated (NASDAQ: NTLI) today announced key executivemoves and important steps forward to conclude the combination withTelewest Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLWT). Stephen Burch has been appointedNTL Incorporated's President and Chief Executive Officer and as adirector effective January 16, 2006, and will serve in those samecapacities in the combined company, succeeding Simon Duffy, who willbecome NTL Incorporated's (and the combined company's) Executive ViceChairman. Mr. Burch has spent the past 17 years with ComcastCorporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), where he most recently served asPresident of Comcast's Atlantic Division and was a key player inComcast's integration of AT&T Broadband.

Senior Management Moves

Prior to being named NTL Incorporated's Chief Executive Officer,Mr. Burch spent his entire 26 year career in the cable sector, workingfor the past 17 years at Comcast Corporation. During his tenure atComcast, Mr. Burch has held positions ranging from general manager tohis current position, President - Atlantic Division, which he has heldfor the past five years. Mr. Burch was instrumental in the integrationof Comcast's acquisition of AT&T Broadband, where his Divisionintegrated approximately 2 million subscribers within 18 months.Throughout his career he has also integrated over 2.5 million cablesubscribers in 15 markets around the U.S. Mr. Burch oversees 3.9million subscribers, and holds full responsibility for his Division'soperations, including finance, customer service, human resources,marketing, legal, technical operations and engineering.

As Executive Vice Chairman, Mr. Duffy will focus on externalmanagement issues, including group strategy and business development,European and UK regulatory affairs, mergers and acquisitions, andother areas as part of the company's efforts to continue thedevelopment of its growth strategy, which has included the recentmerger agreement with Telewest.

James F. Mooney, NTL Incorporated's Chairman, commented, "Sincejoining the company in March of 2003, Simon has helped lay thefoundation that has enabled NTL to reach the next phase of thecompany's evolution. Against that backdrop, and recognizing that thecompany's enhanced scale and presence now requires a greater focus onexternal management, Simon will concentrate on that area. We will lookto Stephen to lead NTL through our merger with Telewest. Stephenbrings a wealth of leadership and direction to our company in thispivotal time as we now begin in earnest to integrate Telewest tocreate the premier UK communications company. Stephen's recentexperience in being a part of Comcast's integration of AT&T Broadbandhas served as the industry Gold standard and we are excited that hewill lead us through this historic period. Today's appointments willalso ensure that we are more effectively positioned to compete in theever-changing UK communications marketplace."

Filing of Joint Preliminary Proxy Statement and AmendedTransaction Structure

NTL Incorporated also announced today that the company andTelewest Global, Inc. are filing their joint preliminary proxystatement and Telewest prospectus concerning the combination betweenNTL and Telewest, which was previously announced on October 3, 2005.

NTL Incorporated is also announcing exercise of the option toamend the merger agreement between the parties. Under the terms of theoriginal merger agreement, NTL Incorporated was to acquire TelewestGlobal, Inc. with NTL Incorporated surviving the merger as the parentcorporation. However, the merger agreement provided that thetransaction could be restructured as a reverse acquisition, so thatthe surviving parent corporation would be Telewest Global, Inc. ratherthan NTL Incorporated. This technical change in structure does notaffect either the economics of the transaction or the proposedmanagement of the combined company.

As a result of the amendment:

-- the underlying economic terms of the transaction are not changed. Telewest stockholders will continue to receive $16.25 in cash for each share of Telewest common stock owned by them on the merger date and Telewest stockholders will own the same percentage, approximately 25 per cent, of the enlarged combined company, with the same ability to participate in the upside of the combined company, as they would have had under the original structure. NTL stockholders will own approximately 75 per cent of the enlarged combined company's common stock;

-- NTL has amended its financing commitments to provide for a fully committed financing for the revised structure on the same terms and conditions as the previous financing commitments;

-- the proposed board of directors and the management of the combined company will remain the same as announced previously with the addition of Stephen Burch; after the merger the existing Telewest board will be replaced by the board of NTL (including Mr. Burch) plus two directors of Telewest;

-- a subsidiary of Telewest Global, Inc. will merge into NTL Incorporated, so that NTL Incorporated becomes a subsidiary of Telewest Global, Inc. After the merger, NTL Incorporated will change its name to NTL Holdings, Inc. (or a similar name) and Telewest Global, Inc., as the parent corporation, will change its name to "NTL Incorporated";

-- immediately prior to the merger described above, each share of Telewest stock will be reclassified into 0.2875 shares of new Telewest common stock (reflecting the original 0.115 exchange ratio of NTL shares per share of Telewest common stock multiplied by 2.5, reflecting a 2.5:1 stock split as compared with the original merger) and one share of Telewest redeemable common stock. At the time of the merger, each share of Telewest redeemable common stock will be redeemed automatically for $16.25 in cash and each share of NTL common stock will be converted into 2.5 shares of Telewest common stock;

-- the revised transaction structure will not trigger change of control provisions under the UKTV joint venture arrangements between Telewest Global, Inc. and the BBC.

About NTL Incorporated

-- NTL Incorporated offers a wide range of communications and content distribution services to residential and business customers throughout the UK.

-- NTL Incorporated is the UK's largest cable company with 3.3 million residential customers, and the UK's leading supplier of broadband services to consumers, with 1.7 million broadband customers.

-- NTL Incorporated's network can service 7.9 million homes in the UK.

-- Information on NTL Incorporated and its products can be obtained at www.ntl.com.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities LitigationReform Act of 1995

Certain statements in this press release regarding the proposedtransaction between ntl Incorporated ("ntl") and Telewest Global, Inc.("Telewest"), the expected timetable for completing the transaction,future financial and operating results, benefits and synergies of thetransaction, future opportunities for the combined company andproducts, ntl's potential offer for a mobile communications servicescompany, and any other statements regarding ntl's and Telewest'sfuture expectations, beliefs, goals or prospects constituteforward-looking statements as that term is defined in the U.S. PrivateSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this document,the words "believe", "anticipate", "should", "intend", "plan", "will","expects", "estimates", "projects", "positioned", "strategy", andsimilar expressions or statements that are not historical facts, ineach case as they relate to ntl and Telewest, the management of eithersuch company or the proposed transaction, are intended to identifythose expressions or statements as forward-looking statements. Inaddition to the risks and uncertainties noted in this document, thereare certain factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actualresults to differ materially from those anticipated by some of thestatements made, many of which are beyond the control of ntl andTelewest. These factors relating to the transaction between ntl andTelewest include: (1) the failure to obtain and retain expectedsynergies from the proposed transaction, (2) rates of success inexecuting, managing and integrating key acquisitions, including theproposed acquisition, (3) the ability to achieve business plans forthe combined company, (4) the ability to manage and maintain keycustomer relationships, (5) delays in obtaining, or adverse conditionscontained in, any regulatory or third-party approvals in connectionwith the proposed acquisition, (6) availability and cost of capital,(7) the ability to manage regulatory, tax and legal matters, and toresolve pending matters within current estimates, (8) other similarfactors, and (9) the risk factors summarized and explained in our Form10-K. For additional information concerning factors that could causeactual results to materially differ from those projected herein,please refer to our most recent Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports.

Additional Information and Where to Find it

This information may be deemed to be solicitation material inrespect of the proposed combination of ntl and Telewest Global, Inc.(Telewest). In connection with the proposed merger, ntl and Telewestwill file a joint proxy statement / prospectus with the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). INVESTORS AND SECURITYHOLDERS OF NTL AND TELEWEST ARE ADVISED TO READ THE JOINT PROXYSTATEMENT / PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THESEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THOSE DOCUMENTS WILL CONTAINIMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED MERGER. The final joint proxystatement / prospectus will be mailed to stockholders of ntl andTelewest. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of thejoint proxy statement / prospectus, when it becomes available, andother documents filed by ntl and Telewest with the SEC, at the SEC'sweb site at http://www.sec.gov. Free copies of the joint proxystatement / prospectus, when it becomes available, and each company'sother filings with the SEC may also be obtained from the respectivecompanies. Free copies of ntl's filings may be obtained by directing arequest to ntl Incorporated, 909 Third Avenue, Suite 2863, New York,New York 10022, Attention: Investor Relations. Free copies ofTelewest's filings may be obtained by directing a request to TelewestGlobal, Inc., 160 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5QA, UnitedKingdom, Attention: Investor Relations.

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or thesolicitation of an offer to buy securities, not shall there be anysale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration orqualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

Participants in the Solicitation

ntl, Telewest and their respective directors, executive officersand other members of their management and employees may be deemed tobe soliciting proxies from their respective stockholders in favour ofthe merger and related matters. Information regarding ntl's directorsand executive officers is available in ntl's proxy statement for its2005 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC onApril 5, 2005. Information regarding Telewest's directors andexecutive officers is available in Telewest's proxy statement for its2005 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC onApril 11, 2005. Additional information regarding the interests of suchpotential participants will be included in the joint proxy statement /prospectus and the other relevant documents filed with the SEC whenthey become available.