Question: is time warner the same as time warner cable

Answer: No, It was controlled by Warner Communications, then by Time Warner (the film and television production company and cable channel operator). That company spun off the cable operations in March 2009 as part of a larger restructuring. From 2009 to 2016, Time Warner Cable was an entirely independent company, continuing to use the Time Warner name under license from its former parent (including the ``Road Runner'' name for its Internet service, now Spectrum Internet).