After years of lip service, the broadcast networks, music companies and other programming providers are giving consumers a seamless way to get their programming -- using video on demand (VOD), streaming via the Internet or downloading for play on computers and portable media players.

Here is a sampling of projects converging your entertainment:

ABC and Disney TV programs including "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" available as "podcasts" through Apple's iTunes.

NBC offering downloadable episodes shows from the 1950s to the present through iTunes.

CBS and NBC prime-time TV shows available as video on demand through cable outlets.

NBC/Universal movies and programs ready for peer-to-peer downloading.

Warner Brothers movie and TV archives available through AOL.

Major record deals with music services (Apple, Napster, Yahoo!music) to provide rental-like subscription services.

TiVo and Yahoo! collaborate to offer TiVo's online scheduling features on Yahoo!

TiVo to enable users to transfer television shows onto Apple's video iPods as well as Sony's PlayStation Portable.