other . the aggregate purchase price of these other 2008 acquis- itions was approximately $ 610 million . none of these acquisitions were material to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended december 31 , 2008 . 2007 acquisitions the houston transaction in july 2006 , we initiated the dissolution of texas and kansas city cable partners ( the 201chouston transaction 201d ) , our 50%-50% ( 50%-50 % ) cable system partnership with time warner cable . on january 1 , 2007 , the distribution of assets by texas and kansas city cable partners was completed and we received the cable system serving hous- ton , texas ( the 201chouston asset pool 201d ) and time warner cable received the cable systems serving kansas city , south and west texas , and new mexico ( the 201ckansas city asset pool 201d ) . we accounted for the distribution of assets by texas and kansas city cable partners as a sale of our 50% ( 50 % ) interest in the kansas city asset pool in exchange for acquiring an additional 50% ( 50 % ) interest in the houston asset pool . this transaction resulted in an increase of approximately 700000 video customers . the estimated fair value of the 50% ( 50 % ) interest of the houston asset pool we received was approximately $ 1.1 billion and resulted in a pretax gain of approx- imately $ 500 million , which is included in other income ( expense ) . we recorded our 50% ( 50 % ) interest in the houston asset pool as a step acquisition in accordance with sfas no . 141 . the results of operations for the cable systems acquired in the houston transaction have been reported in our cable segment since august 1 , 2006 and in our consolidated financial statements since january 1 , 2007 ( the date of the distribution of assets ) . the weighted-average amortization period of the franchise-related customer relationship intangible assets acquired was 7 years . as a result of the houston transaction , we reversed deferred tax liabilities of approximately $ 200 million , which were primarily related to the excess of tax basis of the assets acquired over the tax basis of the assets exchanged , and reduced the amount of goodwill that would have otherwise been recorded in the acquis- ition . substantially all of the goodwill recorded is expected to be amortizable for tax purposes . the table below presents the purchase price allocation to assets acquired and liabilities assumed as a result of the houston transaction . ( in millions ) .
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other 2007 acquisitions in april 2007 , we acquired fandango , an online entertainment site and movie-ticket service . the results of operations of fandango have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date and are reported in corporate and other . in june 2007 , we acquired rainbow media holdings llc 2019s 60% ( 60 % ) interest in comcast sportsnet bay area ( formerly known as bay area sportsnet ) and its 50% ( 50 % ) interest in comcast sportsnet new england ( formerly known as sports channel new england ) , expanding our regional sports networks . the completion of this transaction resulted in our 100% ( 100 % ) ownership in comcast sportsnet new england and 60% ( 60 % ) ownership in comcast sportsnet bay area . in august 2007 , we acquired the cable system of patriot media serving approximately 81000 video customers in central new jersey . the results of operations of patriot media , comcast sportsnet bay area and comcast sportsnet new england have been included in our consolidated financial statements since their acquisition dates and are reported in our cable segment . the aggregate purchase price of these other 2007 acquisitions was approximately $ 1.288 billion . none of these acquisitions were material to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended december 31 , 2007 . 2006 acquisitions the adelphia and time warner transactions in april 2005 , we entered into an agreement with adelphia communications ( 201cadelphia 201d ) in which we agreed to acquire cer- tain assets and assume certain liabilities of adelphia ( the 201cadelphia acquisition 201d ) . at the same time , we and time warner cable inc . and certain of its affiliates ( 201ctwc 201d ) entered into several agreements in which we agreed to ( i ) have our interest in time warner entertainment company , l.p . ( 201ctwe 201d ) redeemed , ( ii ) have our interest in twc redeemed ( together with the twe redemption , the 201credemptions 201d ) and ( iii ) exchange certain cable systems acquired from adelphia and certain comcast cable systems with twc ( the 201cexchanges 201d ) . on july 31 , 2006 , these transactions were com- pleted . we collectively refer to the adelphia acquisition , the redemptions and the exchanges as the 201cadelphia and time warner transactions . 201d also in april 2005 , adelphia and twc entered into an agreement for the acquisition of substantially all of the remaining cable system assets and the assumption of certain of the liabilities of adelphia . the adelphia and time warner transactions resulted in a net increase of 1.7 million video customers , a net cash payment by us of approximately $ 1.5 billion and the disposition of our ownership interests in twe and twc and the assets of two cable system partnerships . comcast 2008 annual report on form 10-k 52 .