Television

Question 1

Multiplexing

Answer 1

Carry two or more different signals over the same channel

Question 2

News Staging

Answer 2

re-creation of television news of some event that is believed to have happened or which could have happened (snl)

Question 3

Share

Answer 3

How many people are using their television sets to be tuned in

Question 4

Networks

Answer 4

Broadcast process that links through special phone lines, satellite transmissions, radio or tv stations that share programming produced at a central location

Question 5

Syndication

Answer 5

Sale of radio or television content to stations on a market by market bias
independently produced program

Question 6

Stripped

Answer 6

broadcasting a syndicated television show at the same time 5 nights a week

Question 7

Cord cutting

Answer 7

viewers leaving cable and dbs teleivsion altogether and relying on internet only tv

Question 8

First public demonstration of television

Answer 8

held at new works WORLD FAIR by RCA in 1993

provided 2 hour regular broadcasts on NBC

Question 9

Quiz show scandal an dhow they changed the industry

Answer 9

Ended the golden age of television
When sponsors controlled shows they made sure everything was perfect
Viewers learned that the shows were fixed

Question 10

Balls major contributions to the tv industry

Answer 10

Produced his own shows
filmed re runs became possible
moved from new york to hollywood
weekly series now produced quickly and cheaply

Question 11

Red Channels report and its consequences

Answer 11

Buying time
caused for network employment security to look into peoples backgrounds
no longer hired suspect talent and demanded loyalty and oaths from talent/performers
many communists believed to be industries

Question 12

Nielsens ratings

Answer 12

Primary supplier of syndicated television ratings
who is watching and what they are watching
- people meter
- sweep weeks
- diaries
- exposure value

Question 13

How cable tv started

Answer 13

John Watson

He put wires for television in the ground for people who lived in the mountains and could not get reception

Question 14

PBS and sesame street

Answer 14

PBS: first use of technology for educational kids show
increased childrens knowledge and got them ready to begin school
doesn’t provide own programming

Question 15

How a program gets on the air

Answer 15

100 trial programs or pilots are filmed out of 4,000 proposals
12 (1 in 10) will have a full broadcast season
Networks prefer organizational and financial stability
Producers assume own production costs
Price depend on market, size, age and popularity
Producers keep 100% of income produced from syndication

Question 16

Rise of reality TV and internet video and how it affects viewership

Answer 16

Network offset declining ratings with lower production costs

gained a large viewership

Question 17

General demographic of who attends movies

Answer 17

12-29

young adults

Question 18

Deficit financing system

Answer 18

financing system that retains from the use of creativity in television show creating
makes tv content weak

Question 19

Production, distribution, exhibition

Answer 19

Production: what gets made
Distribution: access to the national market
Exhibition: affiliates broadcasting into local markets