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



                                      June 2, 1999
                   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 June 2, 1999, @ Entertainment, Inc. (the "Company") issued a
press release related to the announcement of United Pan-European
Communications B.V.'s tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of the
Company's common stock. 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 June 2, 1999.


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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: June 2, 1999                       By:   /s/ ROBERT E. FOWLER, III
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                                             By:  Robert E. Fowler, III
                                             Its: Chief Executive Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

NUMBER   DESCRIPTION                                                        PAGE

99.      Press Release of @ Entertainment, Inc. dated June 2, 1999.