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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
financial  statements of Time Warner  Entertainment  Company,  L.P. for the nine
months ended September 30, 1998 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.

</LEGEND>
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<NAME>     TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P.                   
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