Exhibit 99.1


     UPC COMPLETES TENDER OFFER FOR @ENTERTAINMENT

     AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- United Pan-Europe
     Communications (Nasdaq: UPCOY) today announced that its wholly owned
     subsidiary, Bison Acquisition Corp., had completed its tender offer
     for all outstanding shares of the common stock of @Entertainment, Inc.
     (Nasdaq: AETN) at a price of $19.00 per share in cash.

     UPC stated that based on a preliminary count, a total of 33,988,449 shares
     (including 318,584 shares tendered pursuant to notices of guaranteed
     delivery) had been tendered pursuant to the offer, which expired at 12:00
     midnight, New York City time, on Thursday, August 5, 1999. All such shares
     have been accepted for purchase in accordance with the terms of the offer.

     After giving effect to the purchase of the shares tendered, UPC will own
     approximately 99% of the outstanding common shares of @Entertainment (or
     approximately 73% of such shares on a fully diluted basis).

     UPC intends to effect the merger of Bison Acquisition Corp. into
     @Entertainment as promptly as possible. All remaining @Entertainment
     stockholders will be entitled to receive in the merger the same $19.00 cash
     price for each of their shares.

     Headquartered in Amsterdam, UPC is one of the most innovative broadband
     communications companies in Europe and owns and operates one of the largest
     pan-European groups of broadband communication networks. UPC provides cable
     television, telephony, high-speed Internet access and programming services
     in twelve countries across Europe and in Israel. As of March 31st, 1999,
     assuming completion of all recently announced acquisitions, UPC's systems
     passed approximately 8.5 million homes with 5.6 million basic cable
     subscribers. In addition, UPC systems had 118,000 telephone access lines,
     as well as 35,000 broadband Internet access subscribers. UPC completed an
     IPO in February 1999 and its shares are traded on the Amsterdam Stock
     Exchange ("UPC") and Nasdaq ("UPCOY").

     UPC is a consolidated subsidiary of Denver based UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
     ("United") (Nasdaq: "UCOMA"). Microsoft has an interest of
     approximately 7.8% in UPC.

     SOURCE United Pan-Europe Communications


     "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
      Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding United Pan
      Europe Communications NV's business which are not historical facts are
      "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For
      a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
      results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
      statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form
      10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.