Final Exam

Question 1

CATV stands for…

Answer 1

Community Antennae Television

Question 2

Who started CATV? Where & Why?

Answer 2

John & Margaret Walton, Mahaony City, PA; Residents had trouble receive PA stations because of the mountains

Question 3

What company that started CA-TV and what was their service?

Answer 3

The Service Electric Company; sold, installed, and repaired GE appliances, including TV sets

Question 4

Who was the first to distribute paid TV programming (HBO)?

Answer 4

The Waltons

Question 5

Cable operators found that CATV could….,which local broadcasters couldn’t

Answer 5

Carry more channels

Question 6

In 1972, the FCC allowed CATV to…

Answer 6

expand in the top 100 markets

Question 7

CATV operators needed to provide…

Answer 7

At least 1 public/educational/government channel

Question 8

What are the “Must Carry” Rules?

Answer 8

Must carry local/public stations within a 50 mile radius of a cable provider’s service area.

Question 9

Why were “Must Carry” rules established?

Answer 9

The insure that local stations didn’t lose their market share

Question 10

Communications Act of 1992

Answer 10

Allowed cable systems to drop redundant carriage of signals where stations within the service are duplicated programming

Question 11

What is the one thing the FCC regulates for CATV

Answer 11

Basic rates

Question 12

How does cable make a profit? (4)

Answer 12

1. Monthly subscriptions for service
2. Local ad sales
3. Pay-per-view programming, and now…
4. Internet & phone service

Question 13

When did HBO start? Where?

Answer 13

1972, locally in New York

Question 14

In ____, HBO became a viable pay channel

Answer 14

1978

Question 15

First kids show on HBO

Answer 15

Fraggle Rock

Question 16

On what date & where did MTV get it’s start?

Answer 16

August 1, 1982, NYC

Question 17

MTV’s campaign slogan

Answer 17

“I want my MTV”

Question 18

In ____, ESPN was launched

Answer 18

1979

Question 19

On what date did ESPN begin 24 hr. programming?

Answer 19

September 1, 1980

Question 20

In ____, ABC purchased ESPN

Answer 20

1984 (4 years after 24 hour program.)

Question 21

____ was the 1st network to hire women as sports anchors

Answer 21

ESPN

Question 22

By ____ ESPN had as many subscribers as CNN

Answer 22

2007

Question 23

The 1st significant overhaul of the US telecom law in over 60 years, signed by which president

Answer 23

Telecommunications Act of 1996, Clinton

Question 24

First telecom act to include the internet

Answer 24

Telecommunications Act of 1996

Question 25

Who established the Telecom Act or 1996, and what was it's primary goal

Answer 25

The FCC; Deregulation of broadcasting & telecommunication markets, allowed for media-cross ownership (anyone can enter telecom busniess)

Question 26

Telecommunications Act of 1996 forced telephone companies to...

Answer 26

Share with their line with competitors at regulated rates

Question 27

TItle 5 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

Answer 27

Communications Decency Act - aimed to regulate internet indecency and obscenity, but was rule unconstitutional by Supreme Court (1st amendment)

Question 28

In ____, cable switched from coaxial to fiber optic

Answer 28

1992

Question 29

First cable TV show to receive an Emmy Award

Answer 29

Mad Men, Outstanding TV Drama Series

Question 30

Cable TV subscribers are declining, but their income is increasing because of...

Answer 30

Internet service

Question 31

Annual number of text messages in the US

Answer 31

2.27 Trillion

Question 32

Largest TV subscribers list

Answer 32

1. Comcast: 23 million 2. DirecTV 3. Dish Network 4. Time Warner 5. Cox Communications 6. Netflix

Question 33

Arthur C. Clarke (1945)

Answer 33

wrote an article; by placing 2 platforms in space into special orbits, 22,300 above the equator, worldwide communications can be received

Question 34

The first country to explore DBS, first satellite launched, and what date?

Answer 34

Russia, Sputnik, October 4, 1957

Question 35

First US satellite launched and what date?

Answer 35

Explorer 1, January 1, 1958 (3 months after sputnik)

Question 36

First communications satellite name, who developed it, and for what reason

Answer 36

Syncom II, group of business and government agenicies, for military purposes

Question 37

Date of the first satellite communication, and who was it between?

Answer 37

July 26, 1963, btw US Navy ship in Nigeria, and US Army naval station in New Jersey

Question 38

During which decade did the TV industry begin using satellite communication

Answer 38

Mid 70s

Question 39

Geosynchronus orbit

Answer 39

Hovering in one spot above the equator

Question 40

What did HBO initiate in 1975

Answer 40

Satellite delivery of programming to cable

Question 41

Taylor Howard, 1976

Answer 41

Standford prof & former NASA scientist,Created the first cnosumer Direct to Home Satellite System

Question 42

In ____, Pat Robertson launched the first satellite delivered Christian Broad Netowrk channel, later named (The Family Channel)

Answer 42

1978

Question 43

The "Big Dish" sales soared from ___ to ____

Answer 43

1981-1985

Question 44

Average cost of Big Dish system

Answer 44

Started at $10,000, but dropped to $3,000 by 1985

Question 45

The "Big draw" to dish system

Answer 45

Free programming

Question 46

The Cable Act of 1984

Answer 46

Allowed cable systems to encrypt their satellite feeds; delivered programs by scrambling

Question 47

Primestar was created by _________ in ____

Answer 47

4 large cable companies, early 1990s

Question 48

Hughes DirecTV started in ___ and bought ______

Answer 48

1994, Primestar

Question 49

Smaller dishes had this advantage over the large ones

Answer 49

Better quality sound and picture

Question 50

DirecTV pioneer the development of...

Answer 50

"The 18" dish"

Question 51

Dish Network Company formed

Answer 51

1996

Question 52

What is SHIVA and when did it start?

Answer 52

Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act, Nov. 1999

Question 53

Future plans for DBS (4)

Answer 53

1. More music stations 2. More internet and possible phone service 3. Satellite signal to car and GPS 4. Satellite signal to smartphones

Question 54

When was the internet built and for who?

Answer 54

1960s, to be a military communication network

Question 55

What is Arpanet?

Answer 55

Advanced Research Project Agency; begins research on distributed communication network

Question 56

Who invented e-mail and what year?

Answer 56

Ray Tomlinson, 1971, and pick the '@' symbol

Question 57

IBM brings PC to their market in ____

Answer 57

1981

Question 58

Who time magazine recognized the computer in 1982 as...

Answer 58

Man of the Year

Question 59

In 1987, an e-mail link was established between

Answer 59

Germany & China

Question 60

What is Gopher?

Answer 60

The first search engine

Question 61

What year was "Surfing the net" coined as a term?

Answer 61

1992

Question 62

What year did the White House start public e-mail?

Answer 62

1992

Question 63

What did Pizza Hut pioneer in 1994

Answer 63

Online pizza orders

Question 64

What is Mosaic and what year did it begin?

Answer 64

First graphic based web designer; 1994

Question 65

When did Netscape start and what were they credited for (2)?

Answer 65

1994 - 1st dominant web browser, but lost to Internet Explorer in the first browser war; Credited for developing Secure Sockets Layer Protocol for online communications security

Question 66

When did Internet Explorer begin?

Answer 66

1995

Question 67

When did Google start?

Answer 67

1998

Question 68

How do search engines make money?

Answer 68

Sponsored links

Question 69

4 myths about search engines

Answer 69

1. Impartial information tools 2. Searches the entire web and picks most relevant results 3. Varies greatly, offering choice and competition

Question 70

What is Net Neutrality?

Answer 70

Every website is entitled to the same internet network speed and access, regardless of who owns it