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$FROM_Jan01_2011_TO_Mar31_2011http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001377013duration2011-01-01T00:00:002011-03-31T00:00:00USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170SharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0PerShareDividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0YearsStandardhttp://www.timewarnercable.com/20110331yearstwc0PureStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0USDUSD$2true0twc_RestructuringCostsDisclosureAbstracttwcfalsenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalse3false0us-gaap_ScheduleOfRestructuringAndRelatedCostsTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterselabel1falsefalsefalse00<p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">9.       </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">RESTRUCTURING COSTS</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18px;">Beginning in the first quarter of 2009, the Company began a restructuring to improve operating efficiency, primarily related to headcount reductions and other exit costs. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">T</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">hrough </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">March 31,</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">2011</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">, the Company incurred costs of </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">$139</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> million and made payments of </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">$123</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> million </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">related to this restructuring</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Through December 31, 2010, the Company eliminated approximately 2,200 positions and </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">eliminated </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">approximately </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">135 </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">additional </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">positions</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">during the first quarter of 2011</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">. The Company</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">expects to incur additional restructuring </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">costs</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> during 201</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">. </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">Information relating to </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">th</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">is restructuring</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">is as follows (in millions):</font></p><p style='margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;'></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:20px;"><tr style="height: 13px"><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 89px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:89px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> <sup></sup></td><td colspan="2" style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 9pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Employee</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 9pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Other</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 89px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:89px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> <sup></sup></td><td colspan="2" style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 9pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Terminations</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 9pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Exit Costs</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 9pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Total</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="14" style="width: 413px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:413px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Remaining liability as of December 31, 2009</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 20</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 1</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 21</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="14" style="width: 413px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:413px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Costs incurred</font><sup>(a)</sup></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 33</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 19</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"> 52</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="14" style="width: 413px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:413px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Cash paid</font><sup>(b)</sup></td><td style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> (39)</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> (12)</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: right;"> (51)</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="14" style="width: 413px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:413px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Remaining liability as of December 31, 2010</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 14</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 8</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 22</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="14" style="width: 413px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:413px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Costs incurred</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 3</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 3</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 6</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="14" style="width: 413px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:413px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Cash paid</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> (8)</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> (4)</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 68px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> (12)</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="14" style="width: 413px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:413px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Remaining liability as of March 31, 2011</font><sup>(c)</sup></td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 9</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 7</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 68px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-width:3px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:68px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 16</font></td></tr></table></div><p style='margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;'></p><p style='margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;">—————————</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'></p><ul><li style="margin-left:36px;list-style:lower-alpha;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">Of the </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">total costs incurred in </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">2010</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">$11</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">million</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">was incurred during the </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">three months ended March 31, 2010</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">.</font></li><li style="margin-left:36px;list-style:lower-alpha;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">Of the </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">total cash paid in </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">2010</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">$14</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"> million </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">w</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">as paid during the </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">three months ended March 31, 2010</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">.</font></li><li style="margin-left:36px;list-style:lower-alpha;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">Of the remaining liability</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"> as of </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">March 31,</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">2011</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">$14</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"> million is classified as a current liability, with the remaining </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">amount</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;"> classified as a noncurrent liability in the consolidated balance sheet. 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