Time Warner Cable Announces Digital Research Program Stipends

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) today announced that it has awarded three stipends as part of its Research Program on Digital Communications (http://www.twcresearchprogram.com). Launched in 2010, the Research Program is designed to tap into the best minds in the academic and public policy communities and stimulate research into challenges facing the telecommunications industry. The Research Program awards stipends to generate reports and provide new information, insights and practical advice to policymakers and policy stakeholders. Each stipend is $20,000.

NEW YORK -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today’s stipends represent the second round of awards made in 2011. Awards were also made during two rounds in 2010. In all, the Research Program has made 16 awards to 23 leading researchers.

Fernando Laguarda, director of the program and Vice President for External Affairs and Policy Counselor at Time Warner Cable, said, “This round of competition was very intense and the quality of applications continues to improve. We believe that the studies we are funding and the dialogue we are promoting are having a positive impact on the debate concerning major issues confronting the telecommunications industry and policymakers.”

The three studies selected for stipends were:

• Evaluating Minority Attitudes Toward Digital Privacy and Security, by Nicol Turner-Lee,
  Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• Measuring the Benefits of Localism, by Scott Savage and Donald Waldman,
  University of Colorado at Boulder
• Promoting Broadband Access for the Disabled, by Krishna Jayakar, Pennsylvania
  State University

A short description of each study is below.

“With the fourth round of research stipends, the Time Warner Cable Research Program on Digital Communications continues to make a contribution to the public policy debate,” Laguarda said. “Policy stakeholders are welcoming the contribution of informed voices to this important discussion about the future of digital communications.”

About the Time Warner Cable Research Program on Digital Communications

The Time Warner Cable Research Program on Digital Communications awards stipends to foster research dedicated to increasing understanding of the benefits and challenges facing the future of digital technologies in the home, office, classroom and community. Individual researchers affiliated with universities and not-for-profits are eligible to apply for the stipends. More information about the program can be found at: www.twcresearchprogram.com and by following http://twitter.com/TWC_RP.

About Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) is among the largest providers of video, high‐speed data and voice services in the United States, connecting more than 14 million customers to entertainment, information and each other. Time Warner Cable Business Class offers data, video and voice services to businesses of all sizes, cell tower backhaul services to wireless carriers and, through its NaviSite subsidiary, managed and outsourced information technology solutions and cloud services. Time Warner Cable Media, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions. More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com, www.twcbc.com, www.navisite.com, and www.twcmedia.com.

WINTER 2011 RESEARCH AWARDS

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

Title:		Evaluating Minority Attitudes Toward Digital Privacy and Security
Researcher:		Nicol Turner-Lee
Description:		This project will increase understanding of how minorities define,
		understand and act upon information about privacy and security in the digital
		environment. The project will provide insights into policy recommendations for addressing the
		needs and expectations of minority communities with respect to why and how privacy and security
		matter. It also will examine how best to understand and address those needs.
Title:		Measuring the Benefits of Localism
Researcher:		Scott Savage and Donald Waldman
Description:		This project will examine the effects of media market structure on consumer welfare,
		specifically with reference to local interest and diverse content in local media environments.
		The results will increase understanding of how market structure affects consumer welfare and provide
		insights into the evaluation of media ownership and television programming regulations intended to
		promote localism.
Title:		Promoting Broadband Access for the Disabled
Researcher:		Krishna Jayakar
Description:		This project will increase understanding policies and approaches to improving access to broadband
		for individuals with disabilities. It will examine the state of broadband network access, the
		availability of accessibility products and services, efforts to improve adoption and ways to
		identify successful programs and policies that promote adoption.