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Portfolio – Cable

* denotes current portfolio company

 

• Benchmark Communications
• Cambridge Communications
• Continental Cablevision
• Grande Communications*

• Loudoun Communications
• PrairieWave Communications
• WestStar Communications

Benchmark Communications BACK TO TOP	Benchmark Communications was a cable television operator that acquired 60,000 subscribers located throughout the southeastern US. The Company was sold to Adelphia Communications in 2001.
Cambridge Communications BACK TO TOP	Cambridge Communications was formed in 1996 to acquire the cable television systems of Classic Cable in New Mexico and Washington State. Alta exited this investment when the Company was sold in 1999.
Continental Cablevision BACK TO TOP	Continental was a company established in 1963 to develop cable television systems in Tiffin and Fostoria, Ohio. Continental subsequently expanded to a nationwide cable presence and was acquired by Media One (and subsequently AT&T).
Grande Communications* BACK TO TOP	Grande Communications is a Texas-based communications company providing residential and business customers with high-speed Internet access, local and long distance phone services, and cable services over a single network and in one value-priced package. Grande is building this new, high capacity, fiber optic network from the ground up, using the latest technological advancements in broadband communications.
Loudoun Communications BACK TO TOP	Cablevision of Loudon was a cable television operator that owned cable franchises located throughout Virginia. The Company was sold to Adelphia Communications in 2000.
PrairieWave Communications BACK TO TOP	PrairieWave Communications provides local and long distance phone services, cable television and high speed Internet access to communities in South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, and northwestern Iowa. Alta Communications and Bank of America Capital Investors formed PrairieWave through the acquisition of properties from McLeodUSA.
WestStar Communications BACK TO TOP	WestStar Communications owned and operated cable television systems in California. Alta Communications invested in WestStar as part of a refinancing to provide liquidity and acquire cable systems. WestStar was acquired by USA Media Group in October 1998.