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| Industry | Cable television |
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| Founded | 1980s |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Fate | Purchased |
| Successor | Time Warner Cable Bright House Networks Charter Communications |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Parent | Houston Industries |
Paragon Cable was a cable system based inMinneapolis, Minnesota and was owned byHouston Industries.
Formed in the 1980s, Paragon Cable was the largest cable provider inMinnesota with 177,100 subscribers in theTwin Cities and South Central Minnesota. In the latter years, it has expanded to serve other states, such asCalifornia,Oregon,Florida,Texas and in the Borough ofManhattan inNew York City above west 79 Street and East 86 Streets (absorbing the formerTelePrompter/Group W Cable franchise area).
In 1995, Houston Industries,Time Warner, and KBLCOM, Inc. signed an agreement, in whichTime Warner Cable would acquire all assets of Paragon Cable and the entire stock of KBLCOM.[1] The deal was finalized in 1999 and all of the Paragon assets were transferred into Time Warner's portfolio, however some headends (like one inIrving, Texas) kept Paragon Cable's verbal ident until late 2000. As for the assets inFlorida, they were spun off in 2002 to a new company,Bright House Networks. Some former Paragon systems, such as in Oregon and Texas, would later be sold or swapped toAT&T Broadband, who in turn sold it toComcast in 2003. Coincidentally, the North Texas cluster formerly served by Comcast was swapped back to Time Warner Cable in August 2006; the Minnesota cluster was transferred to Comcast as part of this transaction.
In 2016, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks were acquired byCharter Communications, and was absorbed into theSpectrum brand.