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Exhibit A AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTING APPLICATION FOR FRANCHISE AUTHORITY CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE COME NOW Continental Cablevision of St. Louis County, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Continental"), Continental Cablevision of Massachusetts, Inc., a Delaware corporation CCCM"), TCI Cable Partners of St. Louis, L.P., a Colorado limited partnership ("TCICP"), and Heritage Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation ("Heritage") (collectively "the companies'), and supplementing the FCC 394 Application for Franchise Authority Consent to Assignment of Cable Television Franchise submitted to the City of University City, Missouri, in order to induce the City to provide the requested consent to the transfer of a non-exclusive cable television franchise from Continental to TCICP, agree as follows: 1. The companies confirm that the City has until August 21, 1996, to grant or deny consent to the franchise transfer under 47 U.S.C. § 537. 2. Continental and CCM represent and warrant that Continental has fulfilled or will fulfill all of its obligations under the franchise, and CCM unconditionally guarantees the performance of all of the obligations of Continental under the franchise relating to the period of time up to and including the date of closing of the franchise transfer (including payment of franchise fees on all revenues for services provided through such closing date), and shall be jointly and severally liable with Continental on such obligations; provided, such guarantee shall only remain in effect for one year after the closing of the transfer and any and all claims thereunder must be presented before the expiration of such one year period. 3. TCICP and Heritage represent and warrant that TCICP will assume and perform all of Continental's obligations under the franchise as of the date of closing of the franchise transfer, and Heritage unconditionally guarantees such performance by TCICP, and shall be jointly and severally liable with TCICP on such obligations. 4. The companies represent and warrant that the franchise is fully enforceable according to its terms and conditions, and that no provisions of the franchise or related City regulations are unlawful, including but not limited to all provisions regarding location of cable system operation offices, franchise fees, and Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) access. 5. TCICP and Heritage agree that on and after the date of closing of the franchise transfer TCICP will at a minimum operate the cable system within the City at the same capacity and with the same level and quality of service as is currently made available by Continental in the City and as required under the franchise. 6. The companies agree to an extension of the franchise expiration date to 11:59 p.m. on June 23, 1997.