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                           CABLE SERVICES ACTION          November 21, 1997

    US WEST, INC. FILES REQUEST FOR FURTHER EXTENSION OF SPECIAL RELIEF
                                     

      The Cable Services Bureau has received a petition from US WEST, Inc. ("US WEST") requesting
a further limited extension of time until July 31, 1998, by which it must comply with the requirements
imposed in the Cable Services Bureau's Memorandum Opinion and Order in the Matter of U S WEST,
Inc. and Continental Cablevision, Inc., 11 FCC Rcd 13260 (CSB, 1996).  According to the petition, the
additional extension of time requested is necessary to allow U S WEST, as it exists today, to divest cable
television systems in and around St. Paul, Minnesota.  In its petition, U S WEST states that it has
recently announced the split of its cable business, U S WEST Media Group ("USMG"), and its local
exchange business, U S WEST Communications ("WSWC"), into entirely separate, independent, publicly
traded companies.   U S WEST further states that USMG's retention of the Minnesota systems after the
split would satisfy Section 76.505(a) of the Commission's Rules and the underlying objectives of the
Bureau's Memorandum Opinion and Order.

      The petition is available for public inspection in the Cable Services Bureau Public Reference
Room:

                  2033 M Street, N.W. Room 333
                  Washington, D.C. 20554
                  (202) 418-7092

      Copies of the petition are available for purchase from:

                  ITS, Inc.
                  1231 20th Street, N.W.
                  Washington, D.C. 20036
                  202-857-3800  (202) 857-3805 facsimile  http://www.itsi.com

      Parties may file comments on the petition on or before December 10, 1997 and replies on or
before December 20, 1997.  Please place the case identifier number, CSR-4788-X, on all filings.