EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 27, 1998 on our audits of the
consolidated balance sheet of Unapix Entertainment, Inc. and subsidiaries (the
"Company") as of December 31, 1997, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years
in the two-year period then ended which appears in the annual report on Form
10-KSB, as amended, of the Company for the year ended December 31, 1997 and to
the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the prospectus.

                                        /s/ Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP

New York, New York
September 9, 1998

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