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                                                            Exhibit 27.1

                    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, 2000 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.


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