9 Apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound and images; Apparatus for recording, transmission, processing and reproduction of sound, images or data; Apparatus for the recording, transmission and reproduction of sound and images; Computer game software; Computer hardware; Computer hardware for encoding and transmitting data in television signal format; Computer monitors; Computer peripheral devices; Computer programs for receiving, displaying and operating video, audio and digital data signals; Computer programs for recording, processing, receiving, reproducing, transmitting, modifying, compressing, decompressing, broadcasting, merging, or enhancing sound, video, images, graphics and data; Computer programs for encoding and decoding data; Computer software and hardware for data encryption, storage, and retrieval; Computer software and hardware for receiving, displaying and operating video, audio and digital data signals; Computer software and hardware for encoding and transmitting data in a television signal format; Computer game programs; Computer operating programs, recorded; Computers; Data processing apparatus; Disk drives for computers; Downloadable image file containing artwork, text, audio, video, games and Internet Web links relating to sporting and cultural activities; Downloadable music files; Encoders; Encoding and decoding apparatus; Encoding and decoding apparatus and instruments; Integrated circuit cards and components; Interfaces for computers; Slide or photograph projection apparatus; Sound transmitting apparatus; Video screens; Word processors; Blank optical data carriers; Computer hardware for communicating audio, video and data between computers via a global computer network, wide-area computer networks, and peer-to-peer computer networks; Downloadable computer software for video data processing; Electronic interconnecters for audio and video signals