21.   Cable companies for several years have been laying fiber-optic lines into the neighborhoods they serve, planning to offer interactive video services and local telephone service.

22.   Cheryl L. Benton is joining Mezzina Brown as managing director for interactive services, overseeing the MB Interactive division.

23.   Cox Communications has been rebuilding its cable systems to eventually offer interactive services.

24.   Digital television provides a sharper image than conventional television, more channels and interactive services, such as video-on-demand and Internet access.

25.   Digital TV can deliver hundreds of channels and interactive services.

26.   Down the road is the promise of interactive services.

27.   Digital television has the capacity to offer hundreds of channels and Telefonica also plans to offer pay-per-view and interactive services.

28.   DirecTV does expect some limited interactive services to be developed, with consumers communicating with the service provider via telephone or cable-TV networks.

29.   Disney has long feared that AOL Time Warner may block it from offering interactive services linked to its ABC and ESPN television networks.

30.   Englewood, Colo.-based US West is not abandoning interactive services, however.