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Telecom Industry Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Broadcast stations and local cable insertions bought by businesses in same marker (grocery - furniture store)






2. Affiliates pay networks a fee for each subscriber on cable or satellite who can watch their channels






3. 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






4. Affiliates clear time to air network programs






5. Based on network track record






6. Ad time is perishable - limited to what the viewer will tolerate






7. Speech protected by first amendment between adults during safe harbor






8. 2 year term - 435 members - represent districts w/in a state






9. Rule book for the government with legislative - executive - judicial branch






10. Conducts hearings - does research - and summarizes the law and violation






11. Right to frree speech is balanced against the interest of society






12. Creates efficient companies who drive the economy and produce more options and cheaper products for customers






13. Exchange of things of like worth like the proft of advertising






14. Counties around central cities where tv is most viewed






15. Cannot prevent speech over radio






16. Do audience measurement for radio






17. 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)






18. Anything obscene indecent or profane over radio will be fined or imprisoned for no more than two years






19. 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






20. Which control is more limited - local or national?






21. Protects free speech and expression






22. Must wait 30 days to respond (slow motion debate)






23. Annual fee negotiated with licencing organizations to use all of the music controlled by that organization






24. Corporation that owns many local cable systems - serve almost 2/3 of subscribers - linked together into clusters






25. Companies have fewer employees - offer less jobs - and own too much which prevents competition and narrows the content






26. Larger the sample - greater the reliability






27. Government sets predetermined fee and requires licenses to be granted - cable tv systems for redistribution of works aired on roadcast stations






28. Cd (composer - recording co. - and publisher) - radio (composer and publisher) - satellite radio (Record co -composer - bpublisher) - webcasting (record co and composer/publisher)






29. Inconsistent - changing mind a lot






30. Largest local region of a market's listening audience (smaller portion of the total disgnated market area)






31. Passed in 1998 to protect digital works copyrights - illegal to circumvent technology that controls access to a copyrighted work or distribute products that circumvent the technology - no violation if you quickly respond to complaint






32. People will want to watch trash tv like lesbians and food eating contests and those high ratings will control content. You cannot control content by inserting educational/cultuarl shows






33. Produced by local station or cable system






34. Protect freedom of religion - right to protest and petition gov't - right of free speech






35. Local stations that transmit programs to viewers over (typically 200 of these)






36. Failed neogtiations - high rates from copyright board






37. Publishing war plans






38. 'We listened to everyone's comments and now we will do...' - petitions for reconsideration is the last chagne to have FCC reconsider






39. A title for the payment of artists for their performance






40. A lot of different companies in the same industry






41. Intentional or inadvertent mistake - recording/calculating errors - biased questions - manipulation of results






42. Program originally produced for a network now being syndicated (friends - family guy)






43. Focuses on how to fix or address one issue - staff condenses and summariezes problem






44. Ads on broadcast and cable networks to reach a national audience






45. Program produced specifically for syndication (dr. phill - ellen - jeopardy)






46. 1700 employees in DC - they get part of their pay from the fees collected by stations that must pay to be regulated by FCC






47. Congress - makes laws






48. Combo of money and part of advertising revenue - number one method of syndication






49. Bundle programs together in packages sold for monthly fee






50. Television is a toaster with pictures and people will watch whatever you put on there