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Telecom Industry Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Counties grouped together around most watched stations near central city






2. Decision was suddon - not reasoned - or made on the basis of too much power






3. Low demand products collectively can be profitable if store/distribution channel is large enough - niche markets will be mroe profictable for low demand products






4. Deliver content and services via wire - FCC regulations






5. Hearings conducted regarding FCC violations






6. Attorney general can seek court order to block foreign sites






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






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






9. Composer/publisher






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






11. Congress - makes laws






12. 1700 employees in DC - they get part of their pay from the fees collected by stations that must pay to be regulated by FCC






13. Produced by local station or cable system






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






15. 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






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






17. 2 year term - 435 members - represent districts w/in a state






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






19. Grossely offensive and provokes violent resentment






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






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






22. Cable wants highest fee possible and MSO's want low fees to increase profit margins and keep rates low - MSO's have most leverage






23. Inconsistent - changing mind a lot






24. Set by gov't copyright roaylty board






25. TV may reach 39% of national audience - no more than 2 stations in market






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






27. Sexual content without artistic or political significance






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






29. Protects free speech and expression






30. 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






31. Acts as a broker between local stations and advertisers - extension of local stations sales staff






32. Portraying sexual content in an offensive way that has no redeeming quality






33. Who gets the cash






34. The estimated numver of household actually tuned in to channel






35. 5 members - no more than three from each political party - 5 year term - president designates chairman - it helps to have connections






36. Holds license from gov't - transmits programs over airwaves - carries commercial messages to promotes products






37. Non - local programming not licensed/sold to networks - programs licensed/distributed to more than one market - non interconnected broadcast






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






39. 6 year term - 100 members - 2 from each state regardless of population to protect little states






40. Bundle programs together in packages sold for monthly fee






41. 50 - 60% government and then subscribers - also business and state gov't






42. 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






43. Language that depicts offensive by contemporary standards for broadcast medium of sexual acktivity or organs






44. Most stations are a part of this and owned by broadcast networks called 'owned&operated' stations






45. Dividing people into subgroups based on age - sex - education






46. Everyone in group should have an equal chance to be selected for the sample






47. Estimates from representative sample will always be slightly off b/c the sample does not exactly match group being measured






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






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






50. Station writes the syndicator a check for program