This present invention includes a method and an apparatus for receiving motion video, a method and a system for transmitting motion video, and software to implement the methods and to program the system and the apparatus. The method for receiving motion video includes receiving motion video data at a wireless from a motion video server via a wireless interface, displaying the motion video on a video display on the wireless terminal, and transmitting to the motion video server via the wireless interface display control commands to alter the presentation characteristics of received motion video. If for instance the display control command instructs the motion video server to increase the speed of the motion depicted in the video presentation, the motion video server may filter out any audio data and reduce the number of video image frames transmitted to the wireless terminal. The method for transmitting motion video includes receiving motion video data from a motion video server, transmitting the motion video data to a wireless terminal via a wireless interface, receiving from the wireless terminal via the wireless interface display control commands to alter the presentation characteristics of motion video, and transmitting the display control commands to the motion video server. The invention may be implemented, for example, in an apparatus such as a wireless telephone and in a system such as a digital wireless telephony network.