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Business of Television Mideterm 2
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
04/10/2011

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David Sarnoff
Definition
Russian Immigrant who came to America at 9.
ii. Hero was inventor of radio.
iii. Incredible self-promoter
iv. Saw radio as an entertainment outlet
v. Wrote “Music Box” to lay out future of radio.
vi. Created NBC
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William S. Daley
Definition
Bought CBS and built it from the ground up in 1927
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Desi Arnaz
Definition
Lucy’s husband

iv. Shot on film
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Roone Arledge
Definition
Creator of Monday night football.
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Dirctors Union
Definition
DGA - Directors Guild of America
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Actors Union
Definition
SAG - Screen Actors Guild
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Writers Union
Definition
WGA -- Writers Guild of America
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Television Artists
Definition
AFTRA - The American Federation of Television and Radio Artist
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Stage Union
Definition
International Alliance of Theatricl Stage Employs
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Broadcast employees
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NABET - National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
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National Labor Relations Act
Definition
1935 - Cant fire people from unions
Created NLRB, National Labor and Relations Board
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Producers Union
Definition
AMPTP (Association of Motion Pictures of Producers and Televisions Producers)
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Howard Cosell
Definition
Sports Broadcaster
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Stephen Cannell
Definition
a. Co-created 40 series
b. 450 Scripts
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2. Aaron Spelling
Definition
One point had a 3rd of ABCs schedule
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Rupert Murdoch
Definition
a. News Corp
b. FBC
i. 1986
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Sumner Redstone
Definition
Viacom
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LES Moonues
Definition
a.President of CBS
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Back end
Definition
in TV jargon, it means the profit to be made on a TV show by selling it beyond its original airing (and one repeat) on a network
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CPM
Definition
Cost Per Thousand
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Daypart
Definition
Each segment of the 24 hour broadcast day is referred to as a daypart. For instance, 8 pm to 11 pm is prime time. Other day parts include fringe, early fringe, late night, etc.
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Development deal
Definition
a sum paid to a producer or production company to secure services to develop a future project.
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Fringes
Definition
also known as “fringe benefits”; refers to contractual costs above and beyond simple salary incurred by hiring cast and crew such as pension and health & welfare benefit contributions.
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HUT
Definition
stands for “households using television”; it’s expressed numerically as the percent of households using TV at a given moment out of the entire population of U.S. households that own a TV, i.e. if fifty percent of homes that own TVs are watching TV on a Thursday night at 8 p.m., then Thursday at 8 has a HUT level of 50.
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License FEE
Definition
The fee a network pays a producer for each episode of a series; or, in sports, what the network pays for the rights to broadcast the games (NBA, NFL, MLB, college sports, etc.)
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Must Carry
Definition
A policy, developed by the FCC in the 1960s and codified by Congress in 1992, requiring cable systems to carry the analog signal of a local television station if that broadcaster so chooses
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O & O
Definition
Stands for owned and operated; refers to a TV station that is owned and operated by a network.
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Overall Deal
Definition
a deal with a writer, producer, or director for a lump sum of money over a specific period of time, with specified charges for each service provided that are tallied against the overall guaranteed amount
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Packaging Fee
Definition
A fee paid to agents or their agency for putting together or delivering the key creative talent elements of a TV show. The fee is a percentage of the weekly license fee of the show.
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Points –
Definition
in the TV and film world a point is one percent of the eventual profits reaped by a project. If a person has “ten points” of a TV show, it means he is contractually entitled to ten percent of the profits from that show
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Possessory credits
Definition
credits that imply sole or dominant authorship of a project,
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Share
Definition
the percentage of viewing households whose sets are tuned into a broadcast
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Spec script
Definition
A script written on speculation with no guaranteed sale
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Step Deal
Definition
A contract arrangement for a project based on predetermined steps such as outline, first draft, revised draft, etc.
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Sweeps
Definition
the weeks during the year (February, May, July, November) when audience measurements are used to set advertising rates
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