Telewest to Participate in the UBS 33rd Annual Media Week Conference

A live audio webcast of the event and accompanying presentationmaterials will be available at 9:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, December 7,2005 athttp://mediacentre.telewest.co.uk/phoenix.zhtml?c=76808&p=IROL-presentations.The live audio webcast and an on-demand replay will also beavailable on the UBS website athttp://event.streamx.us/event/default.asp?event=ubs20051205. Thereplay will be available approximately three hours after theconclusion of the live presentation and will run through January 8,2006.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities LitigationReform Act of 1995

Various statements contained in this document constitute"forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under the PrivateSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words like "believe,""anticipate," "should," "intend," "plan," "will," "expects,""estimates," "projects," "positioned," "strategy," and similarexpressions identify these forward-looking statements, which involveknown and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that maycause our actual results, performance or achievements or industryresults to be materially different from those contemplated, projected,forecasted, estimated or budgeted whether expressed or implied, bythese forward-looking statements. These factors include: potentialadverse developments with respect to our liquidity or results ofoperations; our significant debt payments and other contractualcommitments; our ability to fund and execute our business plan; ourability to generate cash sufficient to service our debt; interest rateand currency exchange rate fluctuations; our ability to complete theintegration of our billing systems; the impact of new businessopportunities requiring significant up-front investments; our abilityto attract and retain customers and increase our overall marketpenetration; our ability to compete against other communications andcontent distribution businesses; our ability to maintain contractsthat are critical to our operations; our ability to respond adequatelyto technological developments; our ability to develop and maintainback-up for our critical systems; our ability to continue to designnetworks, install facilities, obtain and maintain any requiredgovernmental licenses or approvals and finance construction anddevelopment, in a timely manner at reasonable costs and onsatisfactory terms and conditions; our ability to have an impact upon,or to respond effectively to, new or modified laws or regulations; andfactors relating to the proposed acquisition of Telewest Global, Inc.by ntl. We assume no obligation to update these forward-lookingstatements contained herein to reflect actual results, changes inassumptions or changes in factors affecting these statements.

This information may be deemed to be solicitation material inrespect of the proposed merger 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. Information regarding ntl's directors and executiveofficers is available in ntl's proxy statement for its 2005 annualmeeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 5,2005. Information regarding Telewest's directors and executiveofficers is available in Telewest's proxy statement for its 2005annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April11, 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.