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Focuses on topics discussed at the July 2000 convention of the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association (IEMA). Sales figures for the retail video and computer game industry during the first half of 2000; Debate surrounding standardized packaging for the computer software industry; Highlights of discussions regarding violence in interactive media and video game electronic retailing.

Reports on the dominance of the home video format in United States households despite the introduction of video-on-demand and CD-ROMs in the United States, according to a survey. Time spent viewing premium channels; Reasons for the cancellation of pay TV services; Videocassette rentals and purchases; Off-the-air taping; Public cynicism about video-on-demand; What consumers expect.

Reports on the three-city rotation schedule established by the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) for its conventions. Convention cities for 1995-2000; Chosen month for annual conventions; Association's need to attract interactive suppliers.

Focuses on the inactivity of interactive video in Japan. Reasons for the inactivity; Statistics on the interactive market; Japanese games in the interactive market; Top-selling software titles in Japan; Popular interactive software from Apple Computer Inc.; Entry of Sony Computer Entertainment into the video scene.

Features interactive Sega compact disc movie games and audios. Music industry figures' move into the interactive entertainment field; `Double Switch,' lensed by music video director Mary Lambert; `Ground Zero, Texas' and `Prize Fighter'; Features of the Sega CD; Other interactive movies.

Examines how the interactive digital revolution would revolutionize the home-shopping business. Benefits and drawbacks of interactive technology upon television home shopping; Corporate ventures from home-shopping programmers and traditional retailers; Impact of shipping and handling charges on buying habits.

Reports on CD-ROM manufacturers' refusal to replicate explicit titles. Adult-oriented interactive programming; Penthouse Video; Lack of rating; Protection of manufacturer's; Situation similar to laserdisc; Inevitable prosecutions based on alleged obscenity charges.

This article presents news items related to the music industry, including information about the purchase of mSoft by former Yahoo Music executives Dave Goldberg and Bob Roback. The company will link ad agencies and music supervisors with property rightsholders. The band Metallica has agreed to work with mobile game developer Tapulous to make a band-centric version of the mobile music game "Tap Tap Revenge." MocoSpace is teaming with Nellymoser to develop a mobile music application.

The article focuses on the rock music group Hoobastank and their album "For(N)ever" which will be available in January 2009. Particular attention is given to how the band has created an interactive version of the video that lets viewers collaborate with the song. On the band's web site fans can personalize the video by uploading their own backgrounds.

The article examines how record labels and musicians are experimenting with online interactive music video strategies. The article focuses on one interactive music video from the alternative rock group Arcade Fire. The video appears on the URL beonlineb.com, and it allows users to control the movement of images by mousing and clicking. INSET: USER CONTROL.

This article explains that the rise of TV as the strongest categories on DVD is unexpected. The power of TV on DVD has been witnessed by the consumer appeal of the Fox-TV action series "24." To generate this additional and incremental revenue stream, senior management at such studios as Fox and HBO have challenged the traditional mold and compressed release windows, shortening the lag between a show's airing and its release on DVD.

The article discusses the issues and problems faced by the American Association of Independent Music (AAIM). In its first year of existence, the AAIM confronted old and new technologies. AAIM enters its second year stating that it has raised more than 500,000 U.S. dollars in dues. For 2007, the AAIM have identified wireless downloads, video-on-demand Web sites and satellite radio recording devices as just a few of the topics on which the organization will be advising labels.

Reports on the plans of OmniMedia to launch its Video CD Plus into European markets in 1995. Format of their product; Other software-based full-motion-video playback systems; Available on-line link.

Reports on European video trade groups' concern that the European Commission directive `TV Without Frontiers' would give pay-per-view and video-on-demand services a competitive edge by eliminating the exclusive video release windows. Details of the directive; Video trades in Great Britain, France and Italy; Negative implications of the directive.

Reports on Starwave's nearing release of interactive videos featuring the Muppets and Clint Eastwood. Company's partnership with Peter Gabriel; Areas represented by the new or expected alliances; Launching of the Jim Henson Productions' product development relationship with Starwave.

Presents an update of interactive video industry developments for the week ending August 6, 1994. Launching of Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc.'s DK Multimedia; McDonald's Corp.'s online commercial; Ocean of America's video rental exclusive distribution plan; Apple Computer Inc.'s QuickTime technology.

Reports on Viacom New Media's launching of an interactive video game based on MTV cable television network's animated characters Beavis and Butt-head. Marketing campaign; Object of Sega Genesis game; Simon & Schuster Interactive's lineup of fall 1994 video products; MTV's launching of its first CD-ROM title `MTV's Club Dead.'

Reports on the release of various interactive video games for the American market. `Chuck Norris: The Assault'; `Dennis Hopper's `Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller'; `Bill Cosby's Picture Pages'; `Prince Interactive'; Life Fitness Exertainment System of Life Fitness and Nintendo.

Reports on New Line Cinema Corp.'s venture into interactive video systems. New Line's partnership with Havas Group to form NHL Partners; Havas Groups' activities in Europe; Initial thrust of NHL Partners; New Line's merger with Turner Broadcasting System Inc.