Abstract: A vehicle cover includes a sheet of flexible material for covering and protecting at least the upper portion of the vehicle, a securing band coupled with the sheet adjacent the edge thereof, and a preferred ratchet for releasably tightening the band about the periphery of the vehicle below a portion of the vehicle presenting a greater periphery. The band is sufficiently tightened to prevent slipping over the greater periphery and can be locked in the tightened position in order to prevent unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle.

Abstract: A television broadcast system using land lines is provided for real-time transmission of a viewer-chosen program at a viewer requested time to the requesting viewer's television receiver. The preferred method includes the steps of providing a collection of stored programs, communicating the requesting viewer's choice of a program chosen from the collection and a requested time for viewing the chosen program, selecting the chosen program from a collection, transmitting the chosen program at the requested time for viewing on the requesting viewer's receiver, and preventing intelligible viewing of the chosen program on other receivers.

Abstract: A televsion broadcast system using land lines is provided for real-time transmission of a viewer-chosen program at a viewer requested time to the requesting viewer's television receiver. The preferred method includes the steps of providing a collection of stored programs, communicating the requesting veiwer's choice of the program chosen from the collection and a requested time for viewing the chosen program, selecting the chosen program from a collection, transmitting the chosen program at the requested time for viewing on the requesting viewer's receiver, and preventing intelligible viewing of the chosen program on other receivers.