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TV Industry
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Instructions:
Answer 46 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A company that owns two or more cable systems
group owner or station group
multichannel video programming distributors MVPDs
start of non-broadcast television
Microwaves
2. Broadcast stations that are distributed to cable systems nationally by satellite (called superstations like WGN-TV from Chicago or WTBS from Atlanta).
Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA)
FCC punishments
OTO
start of non-broadcast television
3. American citizen - good character - economic means - technical know how - TeleCommunications Act of 1996 ...
tv options for the viewer
Cable Networks
Must Carry/Retransmission Consent
to qualify for a broadcast license
4. A company that owns two or more cable systems
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
P.E.G.
multiple system operator (MSO)
Satellites (geosynchronous)
5. An affiliate actually owned by the network with which it is affiliated
Owned and Operated (O&O)
DMA
vertically integrated
sources of programming
6. Limited # of channels - heavily regulated - one source of revenue - must be licensed - limited # of viewers
Nielsen Media Research
broadcast
tv options for the viewer
multichannel video programming distributors MVPDs
7. Community programming lik Access -Government Access). These are channels which cablecast programming produced by the local communities being serviced by the cable company.
OTO
Local Origination (LO)
electromagnetic spectrum
Non-broadcast tv
8. Designated market area
DMA
tv options for the viewer
Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA)
duopoly
9. (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
OTO
broadcast TV
Nielsen Media Research
VOD
10. 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
non-broadcast
powers of FCC
distance insensitive
start of non-broadcast television
11. In most cases these are free of commercials and most content restrictions
premium pay channels (HBO - Showtime - etc.)
VOD
Must Carry/Retransmission Consent
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
12. 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
affiliate
distance insensitive
Cable Networks
to qualify for a broadcast license
13. 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.
premium pay channels (HBO - Showtime - etc.)
Must Carry/Retransmission Consent
PPV
broadcast TV license
14. Measuring the television audience
broadcast TV
Microwaves
Nielsen Media Research
tv options for the viewer
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
Owned and Operated (O&O)
group owner or station group
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
vertically integrated
16. 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
Microwaves
independent
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
OTO
17. 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.
OTO
start of non-broadcast television
non-broadcast
electromagnetic spectrum
18. Local - syndicated and network.
DMA
multichannel video programming distributors MVPDs
Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA)
sources of programming
19. A station without a network contract
premium pay channels (HBO - Showtime - etc.)
multiple system operator (MSO)
independent
Satellites (geosynchronous)
20. ( NOT FREE )Includes cable television -satellite television and other video delivery systems
Nielsen Media Research
non-broadcast TV
distance insensitive
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
21. 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.
Satellites (geosynchronous)
multichannel video programming distributors MVPDs
powers of FCC
broadcast tv
22. 39%
Cable Networks
multichannel video programming distributors MVPDs
Microwaves
max cap tv ownership
23. 1. american citizen 2.good character 3.technical experience 4. economic ability
duopoly
broadcast license
premium pay channels (HBO - Showtime - etc.)
non-broadcast
24. 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.
affiliate
FCC punishments
Microwaves
OTO
25. Around 1949 as community antenna television (CATV) broadcast signals
Business/Operations
VOD
Land lines
start of non-broadcast television
26. Pay-per-view
premium pay channels (HBO - Showtime - etc.)
powers of FCC
P.E.G.
PPV
27. Divides the country up into population centers served by television stations. 210 DMAs
FCC punishments
Designated Market Areas (DMAs)
broadcast license
multiple system operator (MSO)
28. 1)Warning 2)cease and explain 3) fines 4)short term renewal 5)non-renewal 6)revocation
FCC powers
Microwaves
P.E.G.
group owner or station group
29. Free - licensed by govt. - (station)
powers of FCC
affiliate
broadcast tv
non-broadcast
30. Cable - not free - not licensed -it's franchised - channel - Scarcity Principal Not everyone can have it.
Non-broadcast tv
Designated Market Areas (DMAs)
Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA)
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
31. Makes sure to take care of the bills - the contracts - traffic - the payroll - etc
Non-broadcast tv
to qualify for a broadcast license
Microwaves
Business/Operations
32. Video on demand
multiple system operator (MSO)
VOD
PPV
broadcast
33. Owning two stations in the same market
duopoly
multichannel video programming distributors MVPDs
Non-broadcast tv
Microwaves
34. A company that owns two or more television stations
multiple system operator (MSO)
group owner or station group
FCC punishments
tv options for the viewer
35. Renews every 8 yrs
powers of FCC
independent
sources of programming
tv license
36. One time only
Land lines
to qualify for a broadcast license
OTO
group owner or station group
37. 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)
start of non-broadcast television
Nielsen Media Research
Satellites (geosynchronous)
duopoly
38. Basic cable - local over-the-air - Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA) - Cable Networks - Local Origination (LO) - Access Channels
broadcast
tv options for the viewer
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
group owner or station group
39. Public Access - Educational Access - Government Access)
Business/Operations
Designated Market Areas (DMAs)
P.E.G.
Local Origination (LO)
40. High quality phone lines. These were the earliest method of linking stations together
distance insensitive
Land lines
powers of FCC
OTO
41. Controls production -distribution and exhibition of programming
vertically integrated
DMA
Business/Operations
independent
42. Rooftop antenna or rabbit ears on top of the TV set.
affiliate
Cable Networks
non-broadcast TV
local over-the-air
43. Stipulates your maximum power - your frequency - city of license - call letters - renewed every 8 years.
broadcast TV license
FCC punishments
PPV
Non-broadcast tv
44. Unlimited # of channels - fewer regulations - two source of income ( monthly fee -sales ads) - franchised - no limit of viewers
non-broadcast
start of non-broadcast television
electromagnetic spectrum
Imported - non-local - over-the-air (OTA)
45. A broadcast station with a contract to receive network supplied programming
Must Carry/Retransmission Consent
independent
Owned and Operated (O&O)
affiliate
46. Makes sure that there's some money coming in.
duopoly
Advertising and Subscriber Sales (revenue generation)
broadcast
tv options for the viewer