EXHIBIT 23(a)
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We consent to the incorporation by reference of (i) our report dated  March
8,  1996, with respect to the  consolidated financial statements and schedule of
Cablevision Industries Corporation and Subsidiaries ('Cablevision') included  in
Cablevision's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for  the year ended December 31, 1995,
and (ii)  our  reports  dated  July  28, 1995  with  respect  to  the  financial
statements  of  Newhouse Broadcasting  Cable  Division of  Newhouse Broadcasting
Corporation  and  Subsidiaries  and  Vision  Cable  Division  of  Vision   Cable
Communications  Inc. And Subsidiaries included in the Current Report on Form 8-K
of Time  Warner Inc.  ('Time Warner')  dated August  14, 1995,  incorporated  by
reference in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Time Warner dated August 8, 1996,
in each of the following:
 
           1. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  2 to  Registration  Statements No.
              33-11031 and No. 2-76753 on Form S-8;
 
           2. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  4  on  Form  S-3  to  Registration
              Statement  No. 2-75960  on Form S-16  and Post-Effective Amendment
              No. 1 on Form S-3 to  Registration Statement No. 33-58262 on  Form
              S-3;
 
           3. Registration Statements No. 33-20883 and No. 33-35945 on Form S-8;
 
           4. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  8 to  Registration  Statements No.
              2-62477 and No. 2-67216 on Form S-8;
 
           5. Registration Statements No. 33-37929 and No. 33-47152 on Form S-8;
 
           6. Post-Effective Amendment  No.  2  to  Registration  Statement  No.
              33-16507  on Form S-8  and Registration Statement  No. 33-48381 on
              Form S-8;
 
           7. Post-Effective Amendment  No.  1  to  Registration  Statement  No.
              33-29247 on Form S-8;
 
           8. Registration Statement No. 33-33076 (the Prospectus constituting a
              part  thereof also applies to Registration Statements No. 33-29029
              and No. 33-29030) on Form S-8;
 
           9. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-33043 on Form S-8
              and Registration Statement No. 33-51471 on Form S-8;
 
          10. Pre-Effective  Amendment  No.  1  to  Registration  Statement  No.
              33-29031 on Form S-3;
 
          11. Registration Statement No. 33-35317 on Form S-8;
 
          12. Registration Statements No. 33-40859 and No. 33-48382 on Form S-8;
 
          13. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  1  to  Registration  Statement No.
              33-47151 on Form S-8;
 
          14. Post-Effective Amendment  No.  2  to  Registration  Statement  No.
              33-57812 on Form S-3;
 
          15. Registration Statements No. 33-62774 and No. 33-51015 on Form S-8;
 
          16. Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  1  to  Registration  Statement No.
              33-50237 on Form S-3;
 
          17. Registration Statement No.  33-53213 on  Form S-8,  Post-Effective
              Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-57667 on Form S-8
              and Registration Statement No. 333-02383 on Form S-8.
 
          18. Registration Statement No. 33-61497 on Form S-8;
 
          19. Amendment  No. 1  to Registration  Statement No.  33-61579 on Form
              S-3;
 
          20. Post-Effective Amendment  No.  2  to  Registration  Statement  No.
              33-62585 on Form S-3; and
 
          21. Registration Statement No. 333-04493 on Form S-8.
 
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
New York, New York
August 8, 1996