Electronic distribution: where are we now?

Electronic distribution of entertainment material into the home is touted as one of those inevitables whose time has not yet arrived, but which will undoubtedly come. When that time will be no one has been able to predict for certain, but the pathfinders are out there running tests and looking for solutions and answers.

One of these seekers is David Lundeen, president of a company called New Leaf Entertainment. At the VSDA Convention held last summer in Las Vegas, Lundeen told retailers about his company's digital software delivery system. The first system, which is cur