EXHIBIT 23.4
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
  We consent to the use in this combined Proxy Statement and Registration
Statement of TCI Satellite Entertainment, Inc. and PRIMESTAR, Inc.,
respectively, on Form S-4 of our report dated August 22, 1997, appearing in
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is part of this combined Proxy Statement
and Registration Statement.
 
  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
 
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 4, 1998