February 23, 1994


RESPONSE TO BELL ATLANTIC ANNOUNCEMENT



Chairman Reed E. Hundt today issued the following response to the
press release issued by Bell Atlantic announcing its intention to
cancel merger talks with TCI:

"Tuesday's unanimous FCC decision did not in any way make the
future of the cable industry more unsettled.   Our adoption of a
comprehensive set of regulations clarified the industry's future
by finalizing our cable rate decision and establishing cost of
service and going forward rules.  Our issuance of written orders
within the next 30 days will make our rules even more explicit.

"We are not familiar with the confidential discussions held by
the parties to this negotiation for the last four months and
cannot comment on them."


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