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Broadcast Management

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  • Answer 43 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1. Lead-in (best - strongest - most popular program - first!) 2. Hammocking (weaker program - in between two stronger programs) 3. Tent-poling (strong show in middle off two weaker) 4. Counter-programming (go for next largest audience) 5. Stunting (d






2. 1. capture an existing audience 2. Reach the new audience






3. 1. Premium services 2. Negotiate with individual cable networks 3. Pay each network a set fee per subscriber 4. The need for new and recycled programming






4. 1. Terrestrial broadcasting 2. Cable 3. Wireless internet






5. 1. Technical aspects 2. Local-air staff or satellite distribution 3. Commercial density (how many commercials?)






6. 1. Already copyrighted material 2. In the public domain 3. common phrases and ideas 4. discoveries and inventions






7. 1. Mergers and acquisitions 2. Joint ownership 3. Joint ventures 4. Formal and informal cooperative ventures






8. 1. a well-defined target audience 2. High quality proramming 3. High technical (Statistics)






9. A place where consumers and sellers interact






10. An estimate of the number of people or households viewing or listening to a particular program based no the actual number of viewers or listeners at a given time. (Shown as a larger percentage)






11. 1. Estimates the numbers of viewers and listeners 2. Variety of categories 3. Time periods (or dayparts)






12. 1. Identify its strengths and weaknesses 2. Understand ratings terminology 3. Interpreting the data






13. 1. Demographic research 2. Psychographic research 3. Geo demographic research






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15. 1. Rising costs 2. Regulatory concerns 3. Utilization of the internet






16. 1. Intra-industry (eg - consolidation of the radio) 2. Inter-industry (eg - consolidation of AOL/Time Warner)






17. 1. News 2. Sports 3. Children's programming 4. Public affairs programs






18. 1. Multicasting 2. Subscription 3. E-commerce






19. 1. Concentration of ownership 2. Less free exchange of ideas






20. 1. Personnel 2. Fragmentation 3. Creating enterprise value






21. Combines demographic and psygraphic data with geological locations and clusters; 2. Is used frequently in advertising and marketing






22. 1. Major market (1-50) 2. Medium market (51-100) 3. Small market (100+)






23. 1. Local broadcast channels 2. Public access 3. Educational and governmental programs (PEGs) 4. a limited number of cable networks






24. 1. Concentration of buyers and sellers in the market 2. Differentiation among products 3. Barriers to entry for new competitors 4. Cost structures 5. Vertical integration






25. VALs(Values - Attitudes - and Lifestyle) 1. Activities 2. Opinions 3. Interests 4. needs 5. Personality






26. 1. Focus groups 2. Program testing 3. Call-out research






27. 1. Created after Jan. 1 - 1978 - protected for author's life plus 70 years 2. Created 'for hire' after Jan 1 - 1978 - protected for 95 years






28. 1. Program and budget 2. Acquisition 3. Scheduling 4. Evaluation 5. Interpersonal






29. 1. Representative of the whole 2. Random - exclusive 3. Generalizability 4. Systematic Error






30. Number of players.






31. 1. Early morning (7-9 am) 2. Daytime (10am-4pm) 3. Prime time (7-11) 4. Late night (11:30 pm-1 am) 5. Overnight (1-7 am) 6. Weekend mornings and afternoons.






32. 1. Sharing capital and costs 2. Access to new markets 3. Shareholder value






33. 1. The product and 2. the geographic aspects of the market






34. An estimate of the number of people or households viewing or listening to a particular program - off all potential audience members






35. 1. National research services 2. Industry and trade associations 3. Professional consulting firms. Individualized and expensive 4. Local research departments






36. 1. America is growing older 2. Ethnic change (more Latinos) 3. Information systems permeate






37. Zip code - specific area






38. 1. US Constitution - Article 1 - section 8 2. title 17 of the United States Code 3. The Copyright Act of 1976






39. 1. Geographical boundaries 2. Ranked by the size of population






40. Lifestyle patterns






41. 1. Monopoly 2. Oligopoly 3. Monopolistic competition 4. Perfect competition






42. Numbers over quality






43. 1. Capital investment a. Equipment b. Personnel c. Programming 2. Regulatory policy