Time-Warner Cable leaving Houston

(8/01/06 - KTRK/HOUSTON) (KTRK) -- There's a big change coming to nearly every cable customer in Houston. Time-Warner Cable is leaving the market and Comcast is taking its place.

It was an internal Time-Warner email that alerted us to the coming change. Time-Warner is leaving the Houston market and Comcast Cable is replacing it. According to the division president of Time-Warner Cable, the company is giving control of the Houston market to Comcast under an agreement reached back in 1985.

The two companies have been swapping markets recently after closing a deal to buy up bankrupt Adelphia Cable. The Houston cable swap will not take place until January 1, 2007 at the earliest.

So what does this mean for you? According to the email, Time-Warner will "continue conducting business as usual, providing excellent products and services to our customers."

As for rates, services, and channel lineups, we will know more about that Wednesday. We've been told to expect a formal announcement from Time-Warner Wednesday morning.

According to the Time-Warner email, the Comcast change must first be approved by federal regulators. We will have much more on this story Wednesday on Eyewitness News. For more on the change, visit Jeff Ehling's consumer blog by clicking here.
(Copyright © 2006, KTRK-TV)

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