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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 year
ended December 31, 1999 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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