21.  A few years ago, such video services basically came in two flavors.

22.  Almost anything except TV and radio broadcasting or satellite-delivered video services is allowed.

23.  All four Americast backers have upgraded small parts of the networks in their regions to test video services.

24.  Also in the bill is a repeal of prohibitions on local phone companies providing video services.

25.  Broadcasters could also could enhance existing video services with data and graphics overlays.

26.  Britton said SBC remains committed to its recently launched wireless video service in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

27.  But while Bell Atlantic is still rolling out a small video service over phone lines in Dover Township, N.J., most of the other efforts have quietly disappeared.

28.  But to date, efforts to introduce interactive television and other interactive services like video text and video services have all failed.

29.  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.

30.  Cable companies want to add two-way transmission of voice and data to their video service as new technologies evolve.