Television Term of the Week
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Television Term of the Week: Backup Script Order
Backup Script Order 1. Backup script orders are used by the broadcast networks for freshman series they feel have shown…
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Television Term of the Week: Internet Protocol Television
Internet Protocol Television 1. Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet…
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Television Term of the Week: Deinterlacing
Deinterlacing 1. Deinterlacing is the process of converting interlaced video, such as common analog television signals or 1080i format HDTV…
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Television Term of the Week: Progressive Scan
Progressive Scan 1. Progressive scanning (alternatively referred to as noninterlaced scanning) is a way of displaying, storing, or transmitting moving…
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Television Term of the Week: Grand Alliance
Grand Alliance 1. The Grand Alliance (GA) was a consortium created in 1993 at the behest of the Federal Communications…
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Television Term of the Week: Advanced Television Systems Committee Standards
Advanced Television Systems Committee Standards 1. ATSC standards are a set of standards developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee…
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Television Term of the Week: Digital Terrestrial Television
Digital Terrestrial Television 1. Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT) is a technological evolution of broadcast television and an advancement…
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Television Term of The Week: Free-to-view
Free-to-view 1. Free-to-view (FTV) is a term used for free of charge and encrypted audio and/or video contents transmission that…
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Television Term of the Week: Free-to-air
Free-to-air 1. Free-to-air (FTA) describes television (TV) and radio services broadcast in clear (unencrypted) form, allowing any person with the…
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Television Term of the Week: Television Receive-Only
Television Receive-Only 1. Television receive-only (TVRO) and big ugly dish (BUD), is a term used in North America to refer…
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Television Term of the Week: Cable Television Headend
Cable Television Headend 1. A cable television headend is a master facility for receiving television signals for processing and distribution…
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Television Term of the Week: Playout
Playout 1. In broadcasting, playout is a term for the transmission of radio or TV channels from the broadcaster into…
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Television Term of the Week: Broadcast Automation
Broadcast Automation 1. Broadcast automation incorporates the use of broadcast programming technology to automate broadcasting operations. Used either at a…
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Television Term of the Week: Centralcasting
Centralcasting 1. In terrestrial radio and television broadcasting, centralcasting refers to the use of systems automation by which customized signals…
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Television Term of the Week: Studio Control Room
Studio Control Room 1. The studio control room (SCR) is the place in a television studio in which the composition…
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Television Term of the Week: Digital Video Recorder
Digital Video Recorder 1. A digital video recorder (DVR), sometimes referred to by the merchandising term personal video recorder (PVR),…
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Television Term of the Week: Set-top Box
Set-top Box 1. A set-top box (STB) or set-top unit (STU) is an information appliance device that generally contains a…
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Television Term of the Week: Satellite Television
Satellite Television 1. Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor…
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Television Term of the Week: Direct-broadcast Satellite
Direct-broadcast Satellite 1. Direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception.…
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