Like others, I've found Foster's description of "intermedia" fairly difficult to grasp, especially as it relates to multimedia. As I understand it, multimedia is the combination of two or more media in the creation of a work, such that that work is viewed as a product of that combination. For instance, a "movie" is (most often) a multimedia piece that is the product of combining motion picture filming, diegetic sound and non-diegetic sound, and artificial and natural elements of mise-en-scene (as well as writing and performance).
Intermedia, then, to me, is also a combination of two or more media, but in this case, the product exist in a sort of interstitial space between these media, as opposed to existing in a new category created by multimedia. Essentially, as I understand the two, multimedia is basically a new medium created though the combination of other media, while intermedia is not a creation of a new medium, but is instead a gray area between existing media through the combination of these media.
To me, it seems that multimedia is a homogenous mixture, while intermedia is a deliberately heterogenous one.
Here is a small example of intermedia (as I understand it).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq7O6eR12oM
At various points in this animated show, motion picture is used. In this case, at 9:45.
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