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<LEGEND>


                    TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P.
                             FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE

     This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. for the six
months ended June 30, 1999 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.

</LEGEND>
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