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TV Industry
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Answer 46 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A station without a network contract
max cap tv ownership
Non-broadcast tv
FCC punishments
independent
2. 1. american citizen 2.good character 3.technical experience 4. economic ability
sources of programming
Non-broadcast tv
broadcast license
broadcast
3. Public Access - Educational Access - Government Access)
P.E.G.
Nielsen Media Research
FCC punishments
Business/Operations
4. Limited # of channels - heavily regulated - one source of revenue - must be licensed - limited # of viewers
broadcast
Business/Operations
distance insensitive
VOD
5. (FREE) A signal is sent over the air and can be received by anyone with a TV equipped with a set top or rooftop antenna
PPV
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
broadcast TV
broadcast TV license
6. Cable - not free - not licensed -it's franchised - channel - Scarcity Principal Not everyone can have it.
Land lines
DMA
Non-broadcast tv
PPV
7. Local - syndicated and network.
to qualify for a broadcast license
VOD
sources of programming
vertically integrated
8. Owning two stations in the same market
Land lines
duopoly
DMA
powers of FCC
9. A company that owns two or more cable systems
P.E.G.
duopoly
VOD
multiple system operator (MSO)
10. Pay-per-view
PPV
P.E.G.
FCC powers
Microwaves
11. In most cases these are free of commercials and most content restrictions
affiliate
Must Carry/Retransmission Consent
premium pay channels (HBO - Showtime - etc.)
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
12. Fines are not the only option SEC has - For example - they may also issue warning letters -cease and desist orders -short-term license renewals -non renewals and in extreme cases -they have the power to actually revoke a broadcaster's license.
Nielsen Media Research
Local Origination (LO)
FCC punishments
P.E.G.
13. Broadcast signals travel has a limited amount of space for radio and TV broadcast frequencies. Cable TV uses coaxial or fiber optic cable -not the electromagnetic spectrum -so it doesn't have the same limitations.
local over-the-air
broadcast tv
independent
electromagnetic spectrum
14. 39%
group owner or station group
Microwaves
max cap tv ownership
broadcast tv
15. Five Commissioners - nominated by the President - confirmed by Congress - No more than three may be of the same political party - 5 year term - President also designates the chair
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
local over-the-air
DMA
max cap tv ownership
16. 1)Warning 2)cease and explain 3) fines 4)short term renewal 5)non-renewal 6)revocation
Microwaves
OTO
VOD
FCC powers
17. Means there is no difference in cost whether you are sending a signal to one receiver or a thousand receivers within the satellite's footprint
FCC powers
broadcast TV
distance insensitive
tv license
18. American citizen - good character - economic means - technical know how - TeleCommunications Act of 1996 ...
to qualify for a broadcast license
Designated Market Areas (DMAs)
broadcast TV
broadcast TV license
19. Broadcast stations that are distributed to cable systems nationally by satellite (called superstations like WGN-TV from Chicago or WTBS from Atlanta).
max cap tv ownership
Nielsen Media Research
OTO
Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA)
20. Controls production -distribution and exhibition of programming
Satellites (geosynchronous)
vertically integrated
VOD
broadcast license
21. Divides the country up into population centers served by television stations. 210 DMAs
broadcast license
FCC powers
Designated Market Areas (DMAs)
Land lines
22. Rooftop antenna or rabbit ears on top of the TV set.
duopoly
DMA
local over-the-air
broadcast
23. A company that owns two or more cable systems
premium pay channels (HBO - Showtime - etc.)
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
multichannel video programming distributors MVPDs
Business/Operations
24. Unlimited # of channels - fewer regulations - two source of income ( monthly fee -sales ads) - franchised - no limit of viewers
broadcast
Microwaves
non-broadcast
broadcast TV license
25. Community programming lik Access -Government Access). These are channels which cablecast programming produced by the local communities being serviced by the cable company.
non-broadcast
Local Origination (LO)
duopoly
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
26. Renews every 8 yrs
Must Carry/Retransmission Consent
non-broadcast TV
electromagnetic spectrum
tv license
27. Basic cable - local over-the-air - Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA) - Cable Networks - Local Origination (LO) - Access Channels
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
tv options for the viewer
non-broadcast
broadcast tv
28. Around 1949 as community antenna television (CATV) broadcast signals
start of non-broadcast television
Local Origination (LO)
local over-the-air
Designated Market Areas (DMAs)
29. Makes sure that there's some money coming in.
tv license
premium pay channels (HBO - Showtime - etc.)
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
VOD
30. Create technical standards for TV -allocate the portions of the spectrum for television service -determine where in the country TV channels would be assigned and determine to whom and how broadcast licenses would be awarded.
Local Origination (LO)
FCC powers
powers of FCC
PPV
31. Free - licensed by govt. - (station)
Designated Market Areas (DMAs)
electromagnetic spectrum
non-broadcast TV
broadcast tv
32. An affiliate actually owned by the network with which it is affiliated
VOD
Land lines
Owned and Operated (O&O)
FCC powers
33. High quality phone lines. These were the earliest method of linking stations together
independent
OTO
multiple system operator (MSO)
Land lines
34. Makes sure to take care of the bills - the contracts - traffic - the payroll - etc
Business/Operations
FCC powers
Owned and Operated (O&O)
local over-the-air
35. ( NOT FREE )Includes cable television -satellite television and other video delivery systems
non-broadcast TV
Land lines
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
distance insensitive
36. Signal sent from an uplink earthdish and bounce the signal back to earth covering a wide area. Any downlink earthdish (also known as a TVRO - television receive only) within the signal's coverage area (a satellite's footprint)
Satellites (geosynchronous)
tv options for the viewer
Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA)
Non-broadcast tv
37. Stipulates your maximum power - your frequency - city of license - call letters - renewed every 8 years.
Cable Networks
affiliate
broadcast TV license
vertically integrated
38. Line-of-sight links that send a signal in a straight line and -to correct for the curvature of the earth -must be captured every 30 miles or so -amplified and sent on to the next link
broadcast license
Microwaves
sources of programming
Nielsen Media Research
39. One time only
affiliate
P.E.G.
Owned and Operated (O&O)
OTO
40. Measuring the television audience
local over-the-air
sources of programming
Nielsen Media Research
non-broadcast TV
41. Only available if you're a cable subscriber (or if you subscribe to a satellite service like DirecTV). Some have a more broad-based type of programming like USA or A&E -while many are more focused on a particular type of content like ESPN (sports) -M
duopoly
Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA)
Cable Networks
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
42. Video on demand
distance insensitive
independent
tv license
VOD
43. A broadcast station with a contract to receive network supplied programming
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
vertically integrated
PPV
affiliate
44. A company that owns two or more television stations
Must Carry/Retransmission Consent
group owner or station group
to qualify for a broadcast license
broadcast TV
45. Giving broadcast TV stations the option to either require a cable operator to carry their station or require the cable system to get permission (consent) to retransmit the broadcast channel.
broadcast license
broadcast
FCC powers
Must Carry/Retransmission Consent
46. Designated market area
FCC powers
broadcast TV
DMA
Designated Market Areas (DMAs)