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Time Warner Cable 3Q profit falls 11 percent

Posted on November 5, 2009 at 7:21 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Time Warner Cable Inc. says its third-quarter profit fell 11 percent after paying higher interest expenses on debt incurred to separate from its parent, Time Warner Inc.

But the nation's second largest cable TV operator says it revenue rose 4 percent in part due to price increases. It says higher video programming and employee costs also hurt earnings.

Time Warner Cable says it earned $268 million, or 76 cents per share, in the three months ended Sept. 30. That's down from $301 million, or 92 cents, a year earlier.

It says its revenue rose to $4.5 billion from $4.3 billion a year ago.

Earnings were a penny shy of analysts' average estimate but revenue beat their forecast of $4.47 billion.

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