Disclosed is a system for inserting indicators, such as tags and markers,
in a video stream. The tags and markers can be inserted automatically
using a database, or manually using an operator input station that
supplies standard tags and markers for easy insertion. The information
can be accessed with the database functioning as a look-up table, or
using a comparator that compares a time code with stored table
information. Also disclosed is the generation of supplemental video
signals that can be combined with a video signal to provide supplemental
information that varies on a regional basis. The present invention also
discloses the use of indicators to access Internet web sites to generate
enhanced video signals. The indicators can be transmitted by embedding
them in the streaming video, in the video blanking interval, encoding
them as a separate data PID or placing them on a back channel.