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| authorized the Secretary of Commerce to issue frequency licenses and regulated the use of wire on ships for communication with land. |
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| Bureau that issued radio licenses and regulated the early radio industry. |
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| Two factors that affected the radio industry the most |
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| Fragmentation/Segmentation |
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| Dominates the radio audience ratings |
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NBC, ABC, CBS.
Dominated radio and then TV |
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| NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox (1980s) |
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| Radio was most useful in which war? |
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| WWII. Largest broadcasting medium nationally and internationally. |
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| Motion Picture Patent Company |
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| organized by the ten largest movie companies, who producers and distributors attempted to gain complete control of the motion-picture industry in the United States primarily through control of patents. |
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| Controlled technology, distribution, and exhibition of early movies. |
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| vertical integration when one company controlled all aspects such as production, distribution, exhibition. |
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| Motion picture integration |
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| Affiliate (in relation to radio) |
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a station that is not owned by a broadcast network but they transmit their signals.
NBC has local affiliate channels. Affiliates can also choose not to air certain programs. |
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| Comcast, Time Warner Cable, DishTV |
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| Early development of radio (person) |
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| Responsible for wireless radio |
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FCC declared NBC a monopoly. NBC sold the weaker radio, Blue. Blue became ABC. |
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| American Broadcast Company |
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| ABC. Previously was the Blue radio network owned by NBC. |
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| Telecommunications Act of 1996 |
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| increased the number of stations that any single company can own in a market. Intended to encourage the consolidation of ownership. |
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| First assembled PC available on the consumer market |
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| Golden age of radio prgrams |
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| Golden age of television programs |
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| responsible for 2/3 of US feature film receipts |
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| Net Neutrality Controversy |
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| internet providers wanted to charge website owners more because their site required more bandwidth. Not approved. |
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| Box office gross vs. purchased recorded films gross |
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| box office gross > purchased recorded gross |
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| Sequels in motion pictures |
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| very popular. predetermined audience and realistic estimated profit. |
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| Home Shopping Network. Founded by Barry Diller. 1970s |
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| television that is subscribed to. HBO. |
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when other shows are on different channels that they do not belong to.
General rule: After 100 episodes, a show enter syndication. |
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technology that allowed for portable radio. Huge development in the 1950s and allowed radio in cars.
Marconi |
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developed by US government, Department of Defense.
called Arpanet |
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start of the golden age.
central hub for production was NYC |
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| advertising and subscriptions |
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| Lumiere Brothers and Edison |
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| Responsible for development of motion pictures and television. |
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Federal Communication Commission.
regulates communications industry in the US.
Newton Mino: “television is a vast wasteland. |
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20th Century Fox
Columbia
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paying a DJ to play specific music (artist, genre, producer, etc.)
illegal |
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| broadcaster we listened to in class who broadcasted during WWII while he was overseas in the middle of blitz and in concentration camps. |
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court case that broke up the studio system. 1948
Studios sold the exhibition theaters because it was the least profitable |
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| technology that allows parents to control what programming children can watch. From Canada. |
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| licenses and wireless on ships |
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| Federal Communications Act of 1927 |
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Federal Radio Commission
created by the Radio Act of 1927, this commission’s purpose was to issue radio licenses to those who applied for them, and to bring order to the nation’s radio airwaves. |
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| Federal Communications Act of 1934 |
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| established FCC and regulation |
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| Telecommunications Act of 1996 |
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| ncreased number of stations any single company could own in a market. Radio, TV, and internet. |
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| After WWII, changes affected development of motion pictures |
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leisure time
Paramount vs US
TV became big
Introduction of film ratings |
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| 3 Critical measures/factors of television audience ratings |
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| Factors that affected the radio industry |
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TV,
video killed the radio star,
transistor,
baby boom generation |
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| 7 major characteristics of radio |
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Fragmented/segmented Local
Selective
Personal
Mobile
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Participatory |
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