FilmLoop, based in Palo Alto, broadcasts digital media by creating a moving photo crawl across the PC screen. Companies like the WorldPictureNetwork will create daily photo loops from news events updated in real time. Subscribers will be able to click on a photo as it crawls across the screen for a larger view and purchase.

The system allows companies to send their film loops via e-mail, blogs, or RSS feeds, or to display crawls on a Web site. Search capabilities will also allow users to go sites like AutoTrader.com to search for pictures of cars they are interested in buying and display them through the crawl.

Peerflix, based in Menlo Park, is built around collaborating, and allowing members to trade, buy, and sell DVDs legally for as little as $0.99.

Users sign on to the service, go to a tab to list videos they want to buy or trade, and if selling they input the UPC (Universal Product Code). The code will allow potential trading partners to see which version of the movie is up for trade or sale.

Unlike typical eBay sales, buyers and sellers do not exchange money, rather Peerflix bills them in five-trade increments. Once traded, a Peerflix mailer is printed out and folded along the dotted lines to become a mailer for the DVD.