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                                                     FILING UNDER RULE 424(B)(3)
                                                  REGISTRATION FILE NO. 33-60982
 
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 26, 1993 AS SUPPLEMENTED BY
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENTS DATED AUGUST 4, 1993 AND APRIL 13, 1994)
 
                                  $750,000,000
 
                            TCI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 
                          MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
                   DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
 
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      EFFECTIVE AUGUST 4, 1994, THE COMPANY BECAME A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A NEW HOLDING COMPANY FORMERLY KNOWN AS TCI/LIBERTY
HOLDING COMPANY. THE COMPANY HAS CHANGED ITS NAME TO TCI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 
     On August 4, 1994, the Company and Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty")
each merged (the "Mergers") with separate wholly owned subsidiaries of
TCI/Liberty Holding Company, a new holding company formed by the Company and
Liberty. In connection with the Mergers, TCI/Liberty Holding Company changed its
name to Tele-Communications, Inc. and the Company changed its name to TCI
Communications, Inc. As a result of the foregoing, each of the Company and
Liberty is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Tele-Communications, Inc. The
Company remains the sole obligor with respect to the Notes and all other
indebtedness and other obligations of the Company outstanding at the time the
Mergers were consummated, and Tele-Communications, Inc. has not assumed any of
such indebtedness or other obligations.
 
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           THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS AUGUST 5, 1994.