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| a "talking machine" developed by Thomas Edison in the late 1870s; the hand-cranked device preserved sound on a tinfoil-wrapped cylinder. |
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| a recording device similar to the phonograph but utilizing a wax cylinder rather than tinfoil |
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| a "talking machine" patented in 1887 by Emile Berliner that utilized a disk instead of a cylinder |
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| individuals who service record racks located in variety and large department stores by choosing the records to be sold in each location |
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| individuals who sell records to retails stores and jukebox operators who are not in a position to buy directly from the record company |
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| popular name for the many penny arcades and amusement centers that emerged around the beginning of the 20th century and specialized in recordings and film |
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| a form of popular music that emerged during the Roaring Twenties and was noted for its spontaneity and disdain of convention |
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| a counterculture musical trend of the 1960s-1970s, characterized by a vauely threatening style and heavy use of amplification and electronic equipment |
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| a demonstration tape used to sell a musical performer or group |
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| the sound-recordng industry trade publication that tabulates record popularity |
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| the tendency of the human perceptual system to perceive continuous motion between two stationary points of light that blink on and off; the basis for the illusion of motion in motion pictures. |
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| the quality of the humaneye that enables it to retain an image for a split second after the image has dissapeared |
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| the first practical motion picture camera and viewing device, developed by Wiliam Dickson in 1889 |
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| motion picture patents company (MPPC) |
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| an organization formed by the nine leading film and film equipment manufacturers in 1908 for the purpose of controlling the motion picture industry. |
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| a policy of major film studios that required theaterr owners to show several of a studio's low-quality films before they could receive the same studio's top-quality |
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| the practice started by theaters in the 1930s of showing two feature filsm on the same bill |
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| a disk that stores audio, movies, video and graphics in a digital format that is compatible with DVD plaers and home computers |
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| a technique of financing a motion picture |
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| a method of movie financing in wich a number of investors put up a speciied amount of money for a film |
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| a method of movie financing in which several companies pool resources to finance films |
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| an arrangement between a motion picture exhibitor and a distributor that details how much box office revenue wil be kept by the movie theater |
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| the enterrtainment industry trade publication |
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| a group of 10 to 15 people led by a moderator that discusses predetermined topics |
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| a sytem that enables cable TV subscribers to pay a one-time fee to view one specific program or movie |
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| a system by which a cable tv system can provide movies to customers at times of the customers' choosing |
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| Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 |
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| a congressional act that established the Public Boradcasting Service |
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| recording programs and playing them back at times other than when they are aired |
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| television signals consisting of binary signals that enable improved picture quality |
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| a supersharp television system that delivers about twice the resolution of traditional TV |
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| television programs broadcast by local stations whose income is derived from selling time on their facilities to advertisers |
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| televisions programs broadcast by those stations whose income is derived from sources other than the sale of advertising time |
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| the very-high frequency band of the elctromagnetic spectrum; channels 2 through 13 on the TV set |
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| the ultra-high frequency band on the elctromagnetic spectrum; channels 14-69 on the Tv set |
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| radio or TVstations unaffiliated with any network |
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| voice-over-internet protocol (VOIP) |
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| digital video recorder (DVR) |
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