SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                      FORM 8-K
                                          
                                    CURRENT REPORT
                         PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF
                         THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                          


                                    December 23, 1998
                   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


                                 @Entertainment, Inc.
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                (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


                                        
          Delaware                    000-22877             06-1487156 
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(State or Other Juris. of            (Commission           (IRS Employer
 Incorporation)                      File Number)        Identification No.)


One Commercial Plaza
Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3585
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(Address of Principal 
Executive Offices)


                             (860) 549-1674
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                     (Registrant's telephone number,
                         including area code)



Item 5.  Other Events.

         On December 23, 1998, @Entertainment, Inc. (the "Company") issued a 
press release relating to a preliminary agreement with an institutional 
investor for the proposed sale of $50,000,000 of redeemable preferred stock of 
the Company. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99, and is 
incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

     (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

         Not applicable.

     (b) Pro forma financial information.

         Not applicable.

     (c) Exhibits.



               Number            Description
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                99               Press Release of @Entertainment, Inc.
                                 dated December 23, 1998.


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                                  SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its 
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                             @Entertainment, Inc.



Date: December 23, 1998                 By:   /s/ DONALD MILLER-JONES
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                                             By:  Donald Miller-Jones
                                             Its: Chief Financial Officer
                                                    


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

NUMBER   DESCRIPTION                                                        PAGE

99.      Press Release of @Entertainment, Inc. dated December 23, 1998.

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