STAMFORD, CT – Time Warner Cable today announced the promotion of Landel C. Hobbs to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Hobbs has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the cable company since October 2001.

“Landel has demonstrated strong leadership qualities and he has shown the kind of judgment required to take on this very important assignment,” said Glenn Britt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in making the announcement. “Landel understands the many inter-working parts of this business and he has a keen knowledge of the operational imperatives our division presidents and regional management deal with on a daily basis.”

Prior to joining the cable unit, Hobbs was Vice President, Financial Analysis and Operations Support for the parent company, Time Warner Inc. (then called AOL Time Warner), where he was responsible for budgeting, financial forecasts and profit improvement at the various company divisions. Earlier, Hobbs served as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., another division of Time Warner Inc. He was with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. from 1993-2000.

Before joining the company in 1993, Hobbs was Senior Vice President and Audit Director for the Banc One Illinois Corporation. He served as senior manager with KPMG Peat Marwick from 1984-1990.

Hobbs, a Fort Worth, TX native, is a graduate of Angelo State University (San Angelo, TX). He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1984.

Hobbs serves on the Women in Cable Television (WICT) Foundation Board and is active in alumni affairs for Angelo State University. He has devoted many years to support of the arts, primarily through involvement with various musical groups, orchestras, jazz ensembles and small professional recording groups. When he resided solely in Atlanta, he was active on the board of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the finance committee of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta and was a patron member of that city’s High Museum of Art. He previously served on the board of Big Brothers in Springfield, IL.

Hobbs and his wife and two daughters have homes in Stamford, CT and Atlanta, GA.