But a growing multimedia industry is taking shape here.

This phenomenon, he said, created "a pretty hostile environment" among retailers for the entire interactive multimedia industry.

The process by which today's agreement was forged reflects the convergence of the consumer electronics, computer and entertainment industries into a single "multimedia" industry.

Silicon Graphics has done more to take advantage of the rapidly growing multimedia industry than any competitor, he said.

The consumer market excites boundless excitement in the multimedia industry and so far has merely been the source of disappointments.

Often called the 'Private Eye' of the multimedia industry, it is gossipy and irreverent.

But other projects could include a national sewage system, homes for the aged, and programs for industrial waste, education and the multimedia industry.

In addition, a growing multimedia industry is bringing new technologies to the area as well as attracting new audiences for art and commerce.

Many regard this as the birth of the multimedia industry.

With more than 100,000 users, Director has become the young multimedia industry's lingua franca.