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Telecom Industry Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. PEG channels
Public - educational - government
FCC
14 usc 1464
total survey area
2. Program originally produced for a network now being syndicated (friends - family guy)
80/20 rule
vaste wasteland speech
commercial broadcast station
off network syndication
3. Government sets predetermined fee and requires licenses to be granted - cable tv systems for redistribution of works aired on roadcast stations
random sampling
arbitron
compulsory license
affiliates
4. Local stations that transmit programs to viewers over (typically 200 of these)
affiliates
cable business model
must carry
point of diminishing return
5. Laws are vague so people change all of their conent to stay away from indecency violations
limits of advertising
chilling effect
first amendment
Local content
6. Hearings conducted regarding FCC violations
obscenity
FCC adjudication
congressional oversight
non sampling error
7. Distribute programs to public tv stations - do not produce their own programs
share
clearance
sampling
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
8. Companies have fewer employees - offer less jobs - and own too much which prevents competition and narrows the content
long tail theory
argument against vertical integration
compulsory license
problems with copyright fees
9. Publishing war plans
capricious
harming national security
Report and Order (R&O)
affiliates
10. 50 - 60% government and then subscribers - also business and state gov't
public station funding
Local content
argument against vertical integration
NPRM (Notice of Proposed rules making)
11. Broadcast network pays affiliates for use of station
network compensation
total survey area
FCC organization
network/affiliate contract
12. Conducts hearings - does research - and summarizes the law and violation
predicted audience
demographic
obscenity
Administrative law judge (ALJ)
13. House and senate introcude bills into hopper - subcommittess review bill (energy committee - telecom committee) - rule committee decides how to adjust bill - house and senate compromise - sent to president
Process of a bill
syndicated exclusivity
clearance
commercial broadcast station
14. Broadcast indcent media between 10pm and 6am
capricious
safe harbor
relaxed
clearance
15. Speech protected by first amendment between adults during safe harbor
National Public Radio (NPR)
FNPRM (further notice of proposed rule making
prior restraint
indecent
16. Protects free speech and expression
libel
Process of a bill
legislative branch
first amendment
17. Anything obscene indecent or profane over radio will be fined or imprisoned for no more than two years
point of diminishing return
long tail theory
fcc vs Pacifics foundation
14 usc 1464
18. 5 members - no more than three from each political party - 5 year term - president designates chairman - it helps to have connections
Administrative law judge (ALJ)
FCC
vertical integration
point of diminishing return
19. 80 percent of viewing is on 20 percent of channels/stations - most profit occurs from most popular stations
retransmission consent
long tail theory
80/20 rule
14 usc 1464
20. Annual fee negotiated with licencing organizations to use all of the music controlled by that organization
obscenity
arbitrary
compulsory license
blanket license
21. Government limits on group ownership have been stressed or relaxed over years
relaxed
size of sampling
subscription fee battle
network non duplication rule
22. Most stations are a part of this and owned by broadcast networks called 'owned&operated' stations
station groups
indecent
Process of a bill
non sampling error
23. Inconsistent - changing mind a lot
obscenity
capricious
compensation
Local content
24. 6 year term - 100 members - 2 from each state regardless of population to protect little states
adjacencies
local ads
senate
webcasting rates
25. Portraying sexual content in an offensive way that has no redeeming quality
indecent
public broadcasting act of 1967
obscenity
subscription fee battle
26. Broadcast tv stations demand local cable tv systems carry their stations on cable line up - cable gets to carry station for free - no payment to the broadcast station
must carry
80/20 rule
marketplace approach
public broadcasting act of 1967
27. Corporation that owns many local cable systems - serve almost 2/3 of subscribers - linked together into clusters
local ads
first 10 amendments (bill of rights)
multiple systems operators
congressional oversight
28. What happened when suddenly cable could provide and pay for all programs and networks decided they want user to pay for programs - networks insist affiliates pay for network programs
syndicated exclusivity
obscenity
barter for syndication
reverse compensation
29. Combo of money and part of advertising revenue - number one method of syndication
congressional oversight
total survey area
cash and barter for syndication
advertising business models
30. Using laws of chance or probability to make estimate about population from small sample of population
first 10 amendments (bill of rights)
sampling
obscenity
cable business model
31. Dividing people into subgroups based on age - sex - education
local ads
total survey area
syndication
demographic
32. Which control is more limited - local or national?
cume
long tail theory
local control
indecency
33. Exclusive broadcast rights for a certain number of episodes - certain number of runs per episode - for a fixed period of time
fcc vs Pacifics foundation
syndicated exclusivity
senate
local control
34. Number of households tuned into a channel out of all households actually using their receiver (number of people watching LOST out of all individuals watching TV)
80/20 rule
off network syndication
share
demographic
35. Negotiates the terms of partnership through a contract
Local content
network/affiliate contract
Federal reigister:
station groups
36. Cd (composer - recording co. - and publisher) - radio (composer and publisher) - satellite radio (Record co -composer - bpublisher) - webcasting (record co and composer/publisher)
network/affiliate contract
relaxed
syndicated exclusivity
digital payment
37. You own all services for production and distribution
Administrative law judge (ALJ)
vertical integration
performance task
indecent
38. vague open ended inquiry of 'what should I do?' typically from telecom companies
share
sound exchange
demographic
Notice of Inquiry (NOI)
39. TV may reach 39% of national audience - no more than 2 stations in market
FCC organization
Government limits on stations
local control
size of sampling
40. Affiliates clear time to air network programs
Federal reigister:
clearance
capricious
network ads
41. Distribute public radio stations - - Produce own program - classical/jazz music - news/public affairs
first amendment
network non duplication rule
compensation
National Public Radio (NPR)
42. Creates efficient companies who drive the economy and produce more options and cheaper products for customers
station groups
house of reps
clearance
support for vertical integration
43. Created corporation for public broadcasting - grant contracts for programs production - set up connection - encourage creation of new public stations - conduct research/train for public stations
must carry
syndicated exclusivity
clearance
public broadcasting act of 1967
44. Based on network track record
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
predicted audience
safe harbor
US house - stop online piracy act (SOPA)
45. Attract and retain audiences that can be sold to advertisers
advertising business models
network (national) content
performance task
blanket license
46. 'We listened to everyone's comments and now we will do...' - petitions for reconsideration is the last chagne to have FCC reconsider
reverse compensation
libel
commercial broadcast station
Report and Order (R&O)
47. Bundle programs together in packages sold for monthly fee
cable business model
nielson
indecency
vertical integration
48. Television is a toaster with pictures and people will watch whatever you put on there
compulsory license
network ads
marketplace approach
predicted audience
49. Company that negotiates for copyright holders and colelcts fees
Report and Order (R&O)
47 usc 326
Government limits on stations
sound exchange
50. Focuses on how to fix or address one issue - staff condenses and summariezes problem
FNPRM (further notice of proposed rule making
random sampling
cable television systems
station groups