EXHIBIT 10.1


                                UNITEDGLOBALCOM




[Date]

[Employee Name
  Address]


Re:  Employment Terms


Dear ________:


This letter sets forth our agreement  ("Agreement")  concerning  your employment
with  UnitedGlobalCom,  Inc.  ("United").  You will be seconded to Austar United
Communications  Limited (the "Company") and the Company will have various rights
and responsibilities related to your job assignment.  United may reassign you to
a  different  affiliated  company  and/or  location  during  the  term  of  this
Agreement.

1.  Effective Date: _____________, 20__

2.  Title and Job   [Title]
    Description:    Reporting   to   [Supervisor's   Title]   Your   duties  and
                    responsibilities will be as assigned by your supervisor.

3.  Term:           The term of this  Agreement  will be for a  period  of _____
                    years, commencing on the Effective Date and ending ________,
                    20__,  subject to the terms and  conditions  of this  letter
                    agreement.

4.  Wages:          You will be paid on a bi-weekly basis, at a rate equal to an
                    annual  salary  of  US$__________,  which  will be  reviewed
                    together with performance In [month] of each year during the
                    term of this Agreement.  This wage,  together with the other
                    benefits described below, represents your total compensation
                    package.

5.  Bonus:          You will be elegible  for an annual bonus of up to a maximum
                    amount of _________ percent (__%) of your base salary.  Your
                    eligibility  for  the  bonus  will  be  based  on  both  the
                    performance of the Company and your individual  performance.
                    The  granting  of the  bonus  is in the sole  discretion  of
                    senior management.

5. Cost of Living
   Differential:    You will be paid a cost of living  differential  for housing
                    and goods and services,  in accordance  with the policies of
                    United and as may be recommended by a third party consultant
                    used by  United.  Such  payment  will be made on the  normal
                    payroll dates.

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6.  Automobile:     The Company will pay for an  automobile  and all  automobile
                    operating costs, to include gas,  insurance and maintenance,
                    as approved in advance by your supervisor.

7.  Benefits:       You and  your  family  will  be  eligible  for the  standard
                    benefit  package  offered by United,  in accordance with the
                    policy  guidelines  set  forth by United  and its  insurance
                    carriers.  You will be eligible to  participate  in United's
                    401(k) plan in accordance with the plan guidelines.

8.  Tuition:        You will be reimbursed for the cost of tuition fees for your
                    children enrolled in grades Kindergarten  through 12 (or the
                    equivalent)  who reside with you in Hungary,  as approved in
                    advance by your supervisor.

9.  Tax             Your taxes will be  equalized  in  accordance  with the "Tax
    Equalization:   Equalization Policy" of United. In general terms, this means
                    that the Company will bear the overall  worldwide tax burden
                    to the extent it exceeds  your  hypothetical  tax  liability
                    (within some limitations) had you remained in the U.S.

                    If it is  determined  by  United  and  its  independent  tax
                    consultants that under United's Tax Equalization  Policy you
                    owe taxes as a result of your assignment, you agree that you
                    will pay such  amount  to  United.  If it is  determined  by
                    United  and  its  independent  tax  consultants  that  under
                    United's Tax Equalization Policy, United owes you taxes as a
                    result of your  assignment in the foreign  location,  United
                    agrees  to pay you  such  amount.  In the  event  you do not
                    submit  information  necessary to complete  your tax returns
                    for a given tax year by the date  required by  United's  tax
                    consultant  for  timely  filing or in the event you have not
                    paid  amounts  owing to United  under  the Tax  Equalization
                    Policy  for  prior  years,  you will have no right to be tax
                    equalized  for that tax year for which a tax return is to be
                    prepared and, in United's sole discretion,  United may elect
                    not to tax equalize  you for such year.  Such actions are in
                    addition  to, and not in lieu of, any other  actions  United
                    elects to  exercise  under its Tax  Equalization  Policy for
                    non-compliance.

10. Vacation:       You  will  be  granted  twenty  (20)  days of  vacation  per
                    anniversary  year for the Term,  which  accrues on a monthly
                    basis,  taken  in  accordance  with  United's  policy.  Your
                    original date of hire will be used as the  anniversary  date
                    for calculating carry-over vacation.

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11. Home  Leave:    The  Company  agrees  to pay for one  business  or two coach
                    class tickets per  anniversary  year during the Term for you
                    and each of your immediate  family members residing with you
                    in the foreign location for return to one destination in the
                    U.S.  These  tickets  can not be used or  exchanged  for any
                    other purpose.

12.  Repatriation:  Upon termination of your employment,  except for termination
                    by United  for cause as  defined in Section 14 or unless you
                    voluntarily  resign prior to the end of this Agreement,  the
                    Company will pay all  repatriation  costs to one destination
                    in the  U.S.  in  accordance  with the  United's  Expatriate
                    Policies Manual.

13. Employee        You understand  that you may incur personal  expenses in the
    Receivables:    course of your  employment  with United.  These expenses may
                    include,  but  are  not  limited  to,  personal  phone  call
                    charges,  personal travel  expenses,  travel  advances,  and
                    amounts due as a result of the tax equalization calculation.
                    As a condition of your  employment  with  United,  you agree
                    that  United  may  deduct  expenses  you owe the  Company or
                    United   from  your   paycheck   at  any  time  during  your
                    employment.  You may be provided equipment to utilize during
                    your  employment  with  United.   As  a  condition  of  your
                    employment,  you agree that upon separation from United, you
                    will return such  equipment.  Any charges for damage done to
                    any equipment will be deducted from your final paycheck.  In
                    the event any equipment is not returned,  it will be given a
                    fair market  value  which will be  deducted  from your final
                    paycheck.  Also, the Company may pursue other legal remedies
                    available  to  recover  the  reasonable  value of any  items
                    damaged or not returned

14. Termination:    Although it is not  anticipated,  your  employment  and this
                    Agreement  may be  terminated  before  the end of its stated
                    assignment   length  with  or  without   cause.   Cause  for
                    termination  shall  include but not be limited to violations
                    of United or Company policy, unsatisfactory job performance,
                    sexual harassment or other workplace  misconduct,  misuse of
                    expense account, falsification of United or Company records,
                    or similar offenses.  Your employment and this Agreement may
                    also be terminated without cause for any reason. In the case
                    of a termination by United without cause,  before the end of
                    your  assignment  term,  you will be entitled to a severance
                    payment equal to three (3) months  salary or salary  through
                    the end of the Term,  whichever  is less.  As a condition of
                    receiving  the  severance  payment,  however,  you  will  be
                    required  to sign a legal  release  giving up your rights to
                    sue United and the  company to which you have been  seconded
                    for any reason  related to your  employment  and  separation
                    from employment.


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15. United          The Company may change, at its sole discretion, from time to
    Policies:       time, the provisions of benefit plans,  expatriate  policies
                    or other corporate policies.

16. Confidential    You will not, during or after your  employment,  disclose or
     Information:   use for the  benefit  of any  person  or entity  other  than
                    United  or  the   Company,   any   United  or  the   Company
                    confidential  information that you develop or receive during
                    your  employment.   United  and  the  Company   confidential
                    information  shall include all trade  secrets,  research and
                    development   information,   product  and  marketing  plans,
                    personnel   and   financial   data,   product   and  service
                    specifications, prototypes, software, models, customer lists
                    and other  confidential  information or materials of United,
                    the  Company,  or of others  with whom United or the Company
                    has a confidential  relationship.  You will promptly  return
                    all such  information  and  materials  to  United  when your
                    employment ends.

17. Severability    In case any one or more of the  provisions of this Agreement
    and Survival    shall be found to be invalid,  illegal or  unenforceable  in
    of Terms:       any respect,  the validity,  legality and  enforceability of
                    the remaining  provisions  contained in this  Agreement will
                    not be affected.  Further,  any provision or portion of this
                    Agreement  found to be invalid,  illegal,  or  unenforceable
                    shall be deemed,  without  further action on the part of you
                    or United,  to be modified,  amended  and/or  limited to the
                    minimum  extent  necessary  to  render  such  provisions  or
                    portions  thereof valid and  enforceable.  The provisions of
                    this  letter   regarding  trade  secrets  and   confidential
                    information shall survive the termination of your employment
                    by United.

18. Entire          This Agreement  contains the parties' entire  agreement with
    Agreement:      respect to your  expatriate  assignment  and  supersedes any
                    prior written or oral  agreements the parties may have made.
                    This  Agreement  may be amended  only by a written  document
                    signed by you, United and the Company.

19. Governing       This   Agreement   and  all   aspects  of  your   employment
    Law:            relationship  with  United are  governed  by the laws of the
                    United  States and the State of  Colorado  and all  disputes
                    concerning same will be resolved in Colorado.


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If the above employment terms are satisfactory,  please indicate your acceptance
of our offer by signing and returning three executed originals of this letter.

Sincerely,

UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.

By:______________________________________________
   Its:__________________________________________
Date:  _________________


AUSTAR UNITED COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, N.V.

By:______________________________________________
   Its: _________________________________________
Date:   _________________



ACCEPTED and AGREED:

_________________________________________________
[Name]

Date:  __________________






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