An interactive entertainment network system has a video-on-demand (VOD)
application which allows viewers to create their own customized lists of
preferred video content programs, such as movies, games, TV shows, and so
forth. Viewers are permitted to select criteria for grouping various
video content programs into manageable sets. Lists of programs are
provided in one or more scrollable lists, the scrolling rates of which
are programmable. Once grouped, previews for the set of programs are
displayed. The VOD application allows the viewers to browse the previews
at their own rate, skipping forward to the next preview or backward to
the previous preview. During this automated browsing, the VOD application
enables the viewer to add any of the programs of interest to a customized
list. The viewer can retrieve the customized list at any time. If the
viewer orders a program from the customized list, the program remains
available to the viewer for a rental period (which is adjustable). Upon
expiration of the rental period, however, the program is no longer
readily accessible until ordered again.