Computer software for interactive streaming of multimedia content over broadband network infrastructures to consumer appliances; software for connectivity of consumer appliances to broadband network infrastructures, namely, software for use in digital signal processing, high- speed networking, synthetic media compression and decompression; software for design and development of multimedia access terminals; communications software for the interactive broadcast and transmission of multimedia content and interactive information delivery services, transmission of sound, video, data and content over broadband networks; software for the transmission of multimedia content and interactive information to set top boxes, game consoles, wireless hand-held devices, cell phones, digital phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), advanced set top boxes and TV-centric consumer appliances; computer software and platform for authoring of multimedia content, namely, modifying and coding of multimedia content into compressed and enhanced formats for transmission of data over a broadband network; computer software for content development and integration of natural and synthetic content, audiovisual data, multi-dimensional graphics, animation, high quality still images and objects; interactive multimedia computer program used for interactive advertising, e-commerce, business transactions, billing, authentication, and entertainment content; communications server for object-based multimedia content on demand from stored and live sources; server for integration and interaction of network, content and subscriber, namely, server for billing, authentication services, usage information, and secure content delivery; communications equipment, computer hardware, related devices, accessories and peripherals, namely, communications devices and equipment used for interactive multimedia streaming of text, audio, graphics, still images and moving pictures with set top boxes, game consoles, wireless hand-held devices and consumer appliances; associated printed material and manuals sold as a unit