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| Rows of lighted dots, or pixels, that make up a television picture image. |
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| Lighted dots that create a television picture image. |
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| The placement of assigned spots on the electromagnetic spectrum to individual broadcast stations. |
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| A local station that has a contractual relationship with the network but is not owned by the network. |
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| Poor-quality films taken directly from television monitors in the network studios; they were forerunners to the videotape. |
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community antenna television (CATV) |
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The first cable television systems, designed to give viewers in hard-to-reach areas satisfactory reception from their nearest broadcast television stations. |
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| In cable televsion, the bringing in of additional signals from distant stations. |
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| FCC regulations that require cable systems to carry all local television stations within the system's area of coverage. |
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high-definition television |
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| Digital technology for transmitting television programs using more than double the standard number of scanning lines, creating a clearer, larger picture. |
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| A spot on the electromagnetic spectrum that the FCC licenses to a specific station. |
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very high frequency (VHF) |
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| Term used to describe the main-channel television stations that operate on channels 2 through 13. |
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ultra high frequency (UHF) |
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| Term used to describe stations transmitting on channels 14 and up. |
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| All the surrounding areas from which business tends to flow to a central point, usually a major city. |
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) |
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| The government entity whose main responsibility is to act as a buffer between the government and PBS, to prevent political interference in programming decisions. |
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Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |
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| Government-sponsored association of public television stations designed to facilitate the sharing of programs. |
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multiple system operators (MSOs) |
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| Companies that own several local cable service providers usually in different areas of the country. |
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| Those channels that are supplied with the least expensive program package the cable provider offers. |
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| A local station whose signal is delivered to cable systems via satellite. |
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| Cable channels that rpovide programming to subscribers for an additional fee, over and above their basic cable subscription fee; sometimes called pay cable. |
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Systems that allow cable TV subscribers to order recent feature films, sporting events, concerts, and other special events when scheduled. |
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| System that allows cable TV subscribers to order recent feature films, sporting events, concerts, news times, and special events at any time. |
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multipoint microwave distribution system (MMDS) |
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| A system in which wireless (microwave) signals are sent out to a number of different destinations. |
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| A term describing the placement of satellites so that they orbit the earth at the same speed that the earth rotates, effectively parking the satellites in one spot. |
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direct broadcast satellite (DBS) |
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| Systems that deliver television programming to individual homes via satellite. = TFC |
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| The sale of programs directly to stations or cable channels. |
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| Syndicated programs that were shown earlier on one of the television networks and are now being licensed on a station-by-station basis. |
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| A system of showing a program in the same time period five times a week. |
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| The station-by-station licensing of new television programs that were not earlier shown on a network. |
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| The percentage of all homes equipped ith etelevisions that are tuned to a particular station at a particular time. |
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| The percentage of homes in which the television is in use and tuned to a particular station. |
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| Those in which local stations use the rating to set their basic advertising rates for the next three-month period. Currently November, February, May and July. |
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| An electronic device that can be set to recognize and block programs with a particular rating. |
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