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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.7
    

                        Independent Auditors' Consent



The Board of Directors
Home Shopping Network, Inc.:


   
The audit referred to in our report dated February, 25, 1997, included the
related financial statement schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts for
the year ended December 31, 1996, included in the registration statement. This
financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule
based on our audit. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when
considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a
whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.
    

   
We consent to the use of our report on the 1996 consolidated statements
of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows of Home Shopping Network,
Inc. and subsidiaries included herein and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
    

                                                 /S/ KPMG LLP
                                        
   
St. Petersburg, Florida
March 4, 1999