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29 Cards in this Set
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Lines of Resoultion |
Rows of pixels, or lighted dots, that make up a television picture image |
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Pixels |
Lighted dots that create a television picture |
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Channel of Allocation |
The placement of assigned spots on the electromagnetic spectrum to individual broadcast stations |
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Affiliates |
Local stations that have a contractual relationship with the network but are not owned by the network. |
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Kinescopes |
Poor-quality films taken from television monitors in the network studios; they were forerunners of videotapes |
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Community Antenna Television (CATV) |
The first cable television systems, designed to give viewers in hard-to-reach areas satisfactory reception from their nearest broadcast TV stations. |
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Importation |
In cable television, the bringing in of additional signals from distant stations. |
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Must-Carry Rules |
FCC regulations that require cable systems to carry all local TV stations within the system’s area coverage. |
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Time Shifting |
Recording of a television program for playback at some later time |
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Videotape recorder (VTR) |
A device for recording sounds and images on reels of magnetic tape. |
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Videocassette recorder (VCR) |
An improvement on the videotape recorder (VRR) that uses cassette tapes instead of reels |
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Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) |
Specialized computers with oversized hard drives on which video signals are saved |
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High-Definition Television (HDTV) |
Digital technology for transmitting television programs using more that double the standard number of scanning lines, creating a clearer, larger picture. |
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Video on Demand (VOD) |
Services that allow subscribers to order recent feature films, sporting events, concerts, news items, and special events at any time; television clips that users can access whenever they want. |
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Multiple System Operators (MSOs) |
Companies that own several local cable service providers, usually in different areas of the country. |
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Basic Cable |
Channels that are supplied with the least expensive program package the cable provider offers. |
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A La Carte Pricing |
Charging customers only for those cable channels they choose to receive. |
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Premium Cable Channels |
Cable channels that provide programming to subscribers for an additional fee, over and above their basic cable subscription fee; sometimes called pay cable. |
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Pay-per-view channels |
Systems that allow cable TV subscribers to order recent feature films, sporting events, concerts, and other special events when scheduled |
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Geostationary |
The placement of satellites so that they orbit Earth at the same speed that Earth rotates, effectively parking the satellite over one spot. |
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Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) |
Systems that deliver television programming to individual homes via satellite. |
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Off-Network Programs |
Syndicated programs that were shown earlier on one of the television networks and are now being licensed on a station-by-station basis |
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Strip Programming |
A system of showing a programing the same time period five times a week. |
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Original Syndication |
The station-by-station licensing of new television programs that weren’t earlier shown on a network. |
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Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |
Government sponsored association of public TV stations designed to facilitate the sharing of programs |
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Rating |
The % of all homes equipped with televisions that are tuned into a particular station at a particular time. |
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Share |
The % of homes in which the TV is in use and tuned into a particular station. |
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Sweep Months |
Months in which local stations use the ratings to set their basic advertising rates for the next three-month period - currently, November, February, May, and July. |
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V-chip |
An electronic device that can be set to recognize and block programs with a particular rating. |
