EXHIBIT 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P.
AND THE TIME WARNER GENERAL PARTNERS

Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. ('TWE') and the Time Warner General
Partners maintain numerous subsidiaries. Set forth below are the names of
certain subsidiaries, at least 50% owned, directly or indirectly, of TWE and the
Time Warner General Partners as of December 31, 1999, which carry on a
substantial portion of TWE's and the Time Warner General Partners' lines of
business. The names of various consolidated wholly owned subsidiaries, including
subsidiaries carrying on the same line of business as the parent (including
entertainment production and distribution, programming, cable television,
music publishing, recorded music and video distribution), domestically and
internationally, have been omitted. None of the foregoing omitted subsidiaries,
considered either alone or together with the other subsidiaries of its
immediate parent, constitutes a significant subsidiary. Indented subsidiaries
are direct subsidiaries of the company under which they are indented.

SUBSIDIARIES OF TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P.

PERCENTAGE STATE OR OTHER
OWNED BY JURISDICTION OF
IMMEDIATE INCORPORATION
NAME PARENT OR ORGANIZATION
---- ------ ---------------

Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership.......... 64.8 New York
CV of Viera Joint Venture (partnership)........................ 50 Florida
Century Venture Corporation..................................... 50 Delaware
Erie Telecommunications Inc..................................... 54.19 Pennsylvania
Kansas City Cable Partners...................................... 50 Colorado
Queens Inner Unity Cable System................................. 100(1) New York
Comedy Partners, L.P. (partnership)............................. 50 New York
CTV Holdings L.L.C.............................................. 100 Delaware
CTV Holdings II L.L.C........................................... 100 Delaware
Courtroom Television Network LLC............................... 50(2) New York
DC Comics (partnership)......................................... 50(3) New York
Quincy Jones Entertainment Company L.P. (partnership)........... 50 Delaware

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE TIME WARNER GENERAL PARTNERS
American Television and Communications Corporation (Registrant). 100(4)
Warner Communications Inc. (Registrant)......................... 100 Delaware
WCI Record Club Inc.......................................... 100(5) Delaware
The Columbia House Company (partnership)................... 50 New York
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.............................. 100 Delaware
DC Comics (partnership)...................................... 50(3) New York
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp............................. 100 California
WB Music Corp................................................ 100 California
Warner/Chappell Music, Inc................................... 100 Delaware
Warner Bros. Music International Inc....................... 100 Delaware
Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc....................... 100 New York
New Chappell Inc....................................... 100 Delaware
CPP/Belwin, Inc............................................ 100 Delaware
E.C. Publications, Inc....................................... 100 New York
Warner Music Group Inc....................................... 100 Delaware
London-Sire Records Inc.................................... 100 Delaware
Warner Bros. Records Inc..................................... 100 Delaware
WBR/Sire Ventures Inc...................................... 100 Delaware

PERCENTAGE STATE OR OTHER
OWNED BY JURISDICTION OF
IMMEDIATE INCORPORATION
NAME PARENT OR ORGANIZATION
---- ------ ---------------

SR/MDM Venture Inc. ................................ 100 Delaware
Maverick Recording Company (partnership).......... 50 California
Atlantic Recording Corporation............................ 100 Delaware
Rhino Entertainment Company........................... 100 Delaware
Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation....................... 100 New York
WEA International Inc..................................... 100 Delaware
Warner Music Canada Ltd. ............................. 100 Canada
The Columbia House Company (Canada) (partnership)... 50 Canada
Warner Music Newco Limited................................ 100 U.K.
Embleton Ltd. ........................................ 100 B.V.I.
London Records 90 Limited........................... 100 U.K.
Warner Special Products Inc. ............................. 100 Delaware
Warner Custom Music Corp.............................. 100 California
WEA Manufacturing Inc. ................................... 100 Delaware
Ivy Hill Corporation...................................... 100 Delaware

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(1) TWE owns approximately 72.19% and TWQUICS Holdings L.L.C. owns approximately
27.81%.

(2) CTV Holdings L.L.C. owns 33 1/3% and CTV Holdings II L.L.C. owns 16 2/3%.

(3) Warner Communications Inc. owns 50% and TWE owns 50%.

(4) Time Warner Companies, Inc. owns 92.20%, and Warner Communications Inc. owns
7.8%.

(5) Time Warner Companies, Inc. owns 80% and Warner Communications Inc. owns
20%.