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Baran - Television
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| à la carte pricing: | charging cable subscribers by the channel, not for tiers |
| .all-channel legislation: | 1962 law requiring all television sets imported into or manufactured in the United States to be equipped with both VHF and UHF receivers |
| bandwidth: | a communication channel's information-carrying capacity |
| broadband: | a channel with broad information-carrying capac |
| bundling: | delivering television, VOD, audio, high-speed Internet access, long-distance and local phone service, multiple phone lines, and fax via cable |
| C3 rating: | the 3 represents the viewing of the commercials that appear in the specific program within 3 days of its premiere telecast in order to capture DVR playback and internet viewing |
| clear time: | when local affiliates carry a network's program |
| coaxial cable: | copper-clad aluminum wire encased in plastic foam insulation, covered by an aluminum outer conductor, and then sheathed in plastic |
| community antenna television (CATV): | outmoded name for early cable television |
| cord-cutting: | viewers leaving cable and DBS altogether and relying on internet-only television |
| digital cable television: | delivery of digital video images and other information to subscribers' homes |
| digital video disc (DVD): | digital recording and playback player and disc, fastest-growing consumer electronic product in history |
| digital video recording (DVR): | video recording device attached to a television, which gives viewers significant control over content |
| expanded basic cable: | in cable television, a second, somewhat more expensive level of subscription |
| fiber optic: | signals carried by light beams over glass fibers |
| first-run syndication: | original programming produced specifically for the syndicated television market |
| global television audience metering meter (GTAM meter): | video ratings technology that will actively and passively measure viewing across all platforms |
| iconoscope tube: | first practical television camera tube, developed in 1923 |
| importation of distant signals: | delivery of distant television signals by cable television for the purpose of improving reception |
| master antenna television (MATV): | connecting multiple sets in a single location or building to a single, master antenna |
| microwave relay: | audio and video transmitting system in which super-high-frequency signals are sent from land-based point to land-based point |
| multiple system operator (MSO): a company owning several different cable television operations | network: centralized production, distribution, decision-making organization that links affiliates for the purpose of delivering their viewers to advertisers |
| news staging: re-creation on television news of some event that is believed to have happened or which could have happened | Nipkow disc: first workable device for generating electrical signals suitable for the transmission of a scene |
| nonlinear TV: watching television on our own schedules, not the programmer's | off-network: broadcast industry term for syndicated content that originally aired on a network |
| peoplemeter: remote control keypad device for recording television viewing for taking ratings | pilot: a sample episode of a proposed television program |
| pixel: the smallest picture element in an electronic imaging system such as a television or computer screen | premium cable: cable television channels offered to viewers for a fee above the cost of their basic subscription |
| put: agreement between a television producer and network that guarantees that the network will order at least a pilot or pay a penalty | retransmission fee: money a local cable operation pays to a broadcast station to carry its signal |
| reverse compensation: fee paid by a local broadcast station for the right to be a network's affiliate | share: percentage of people listening to radio or of homes using television tuned in to a given piece of programming |
| spot commercial sales: in broadcasting, selling individual advertising spots on a given program to a wide variety of advertisers | stripping: broadcasting a syndicated television show at the same time 5 nights a week |
| subscription television: early experiments with over-the-air pay television | sweeps periods: special television ratings times in February, May/July, and November in which diaries are distributed to thousands of sample households in selected markets |
| tier: groupings of channels made available by a cable or satellite provider to subscribers at varying prices | time-shifting: taping a show on a VCR for later viewing |
| total audience measurement index (TAMI): measure of viewing of a single television episode across all platforms | vast wasteland: expression coined by FCC chair Newton Minow in 1961 to describe television content |
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