History
Prior to 1994, some of the systems were fully owned by Advance/Newhouse under the names Vision Cable and Cable Vision (no relation to Cablevision Systems), while in other areas, Bright House Networks is the successor to Teleprompter Cable TV, Group W Cable, Strategic Cable,Paragon Cable, Shaw Communications and the Tampa Bay / Orlando Time Warner Cable systems in Florida.
All of the systems now owned by Bright House Networks were owned by the Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership. Under a deal struck in 2003, Advance/Newhouse took direct management and operational responsibility for the portion of the partnership cable systems roughly equal to their equity.. Bright House Networks offers video, high-speed data and voice services. In addition, Bright House Networks operates two regional local news channels -- Bay News 9 in the Tampa Bay market, and Central Florida News 13 in the Orlando market. Bright House Networks has an extensive fiber optic network in the Florida area and leverages it to provide commercial services including dedicated Internet access, VPN services, and private network transport as well as telecom facilities such as SIP trunking and PRI service.
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