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| Mass Media defines our culture |
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| Who invented the first scanning disk and what was it called |
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| In the 1880’s Paul Nipkow developed the scanning disk. Called the Nipkow disk. |
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| How many scanning lines was first mechanical television and who created it |
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| John Biard and 30 scanning lines |
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| What is an iconoscope and who was the first to invent it |
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| television camera tube to convert light rays into electronic signals. Vladimir Zworkin in 1919 |
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| Who invented the television camera tube that became the origins of television |
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| Philo Farnsworth (14 years old) |
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| who won the Paten war between zworkin and farnsworth for television camera tube and how |
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| farnsworth, due to his drawing and testimony by his teacher |
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| What committee was formed in the late 1930's to discuss how to standardize new technology |
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| Nation Television System Committee (NTSC) |
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| What was the standard for the line system adopted by the FCC in 1941 |
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| What percent drop did cities with televsion see in movie theater attendance |
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| who developed a color system that became the color stardard and when |
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| Who was the first network to go in color and when |
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| Who is known as Mr. Televisions and what did he create |
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| Milton Berle, Sexaco Star Theater |
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| When did NBC begin to charge for spot advertising |
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| in 1954, the premiere of the tonight show |
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| who was the first tonight show host |
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| who was the first today show host |
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| what type of shows became very popular to the public and to producers due to the low cost |
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| what was the name of the quiz show that was involved with a scandal for "rigging" the show |
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| in the 1950's major networks began to movie their headquarders were? and why? |
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| Hollywood. to escape unions and the affects of edisons "Patten Pool" |
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| What was one of the first tv series to be filmed in front of a live studio |
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| filming off a television monitor |
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| what is the longest running televions show in america? |
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| what was the first news program to be video taped |
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| what was the first televised presidential debate in american history and when |
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| Kennedy/nixon. September 26, 1960 |
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| who is known as the "most trusted man on television" |
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| who was dubbed the nickname "anchor boy" by his colleagues |
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| in the late 1980's what was the most watched evening news in america |
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| why were VCR's at first feared by programmers |
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| home taping for personal use |
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| by 1997 what percentage of americans owned a vcr |
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| cutting out commericals while recording |
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| fast fowarding past commercial breaks during playback |
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| the "thinking vcr". digitally records programs it "thinks" you will like. |
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| Who created the first antenna television and who |
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| Ed parsons (1947). ran a cable from the top of a hotel to watch KRSC (news station) from seattle |
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| what did Jim Davidson do and why |
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| built a 100 foot tower to get a signal from memphis to watch ole mss play tennessee |
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| who was the first cable supplier |
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| who owned jerrold electronic and where |
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| Milton Jerrold Shapp. williamsport PA |
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| why is line of sight when dealing with signals |
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| signals can only be received if there is a clear path from the radiator to the recievers antenna |
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| if there is no line of sight from the radiator to the recievers antenna, what are other types of transmissions |
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| signals can bounce off the ionsphere. signals can bouce off the ground |
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| What did the rule did the FCC approve that allowed provate companies to operate their own ground systems |
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| what was the original purpose for community antenna television (CATV) |
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| provide a television reception to communities that could not get clear line of sight to the transmitter |
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| what were the must carry rules and when were they established |
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| all cable operators must assign channels and carry all local television channels on the system. (1965) |
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| what year did the FCC require cable operators to carry and operate their own original programming by mandating access channels |
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| channels citizens could buy time and produce longer programs and present "controversial issues" |
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| what was "race and reason" |
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| a leased program hosted by nationally nazi, Tom Metzger |
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| what was "stairway to stardom" |
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| leased program that feature local residents who wanted to "just show the world all the talent they had been bottling up for so long" |
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| Charles doland created HBO for the Queen Elizabeth II. it was dedicated to movies and sports |
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| what and when was the first film aired on HBO |
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| "sometimes a great notion" novermmber 8, 1972 |
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| What was the cable act of 1984 |
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| capped the amound of anual fees a city could charge a cable to 5% of companys gross revenues |
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| telecommunication act of 1992 |
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| Must carry rules were revisited. local broadcaster could now ask the cable operators for fees to carry their programming |
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| difference between monopoly and oligopoly |
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| monopoly is illegal, oligopoly is not |
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| what is the economic principle |
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| to become viable, new media create new ways of making money |
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| what are the two revenue streams for cable companies |
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| direct revenue, indirect revenue |
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| subscriptions to: basic service, premium service, digital service, hdtv service, internet access |
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| advertising rates and fees |
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| specialized programming for diverse and fragmented audiences |
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| what was CNN, who created it and when |
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| 24 hour news, ted turner, 1980 |
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| how much did CNN lose in the first 5 years |
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| First video on MTV and when |
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| video killed the radio star-the buggles. august 1st, 1981 |
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| what format to top of the line digital camcorders use |
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| what format to top of the line digital camcorders use |
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| for television, what does compression mean |
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| the ability to get more than one channel or other information in less space than analog signal |
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| how long does it take for all 525 lines to display |
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| if you have 100 bits of data and compress it to 50. what is the compression ratio |
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| what are the popular compression techniques |
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