1. In NTSC television, there are --- frames in each second of video and ---- scan lines-
30 / 525

2. OTT refers to ----- and OTA refers to -----.
“Over the Top” television / over the air (broadcast tv stations)

3. MMDS was commonly referred to as ------.
Wireless cable

4. DBS stands for -----, and MVPD stands for -----.
Direct broadcast satellite / multichannel video program distributor

5. What are the two DBS services in the U. S
What are the two DBS services in the U.S.?   What are the two IPTV services in the U.S.? 
DISH & DirecTV /
U-verse and FiOS

6. a) A in cable TV is a payment of a fee by the cable company to a local government in the cable company's service area.  b) What is 'must carry' and what is 'retransmission consent'--and how do they relate to each other?  c) How have cable companies increased revenues in recent years? 
See Chapter 7

7. a) What does 'a la carte' mean in cable TV
a) What does 'a la carte' mean in cable TV?  b) What does 'cord cutting' refer to?  c) What is 'cord shaving'?  d) What are cable tiers?  e) What is a skinny bundle?  f) What is a 'tree and branch design' in cable TV?  g) Local station signals are delivered from satellite into local markets across the U.S. by using satellites.
See Chapter 7

8. FTTH stands for and FTTP stands for -----.
Fiber to the home / fiber to the premises -- what is ‘fiber’?

9. On page 115 they define ______ as 'an apparatus for the production of meanings and pleasures involving aesthetic strategies and psychological processes.' 
See Chap. 10

10. The name most associated with cinematic storytelling, _______, after 131 years in the business as one of the largest producers of film stock in the world, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012.
See Chap. 10

11. See ;’Video Quality’ reading
A ________, which graphically displays and measures the brightness or luma level of the video.
See ;’Video Quality’ reading

12. A _____measures relative color (chroma) information of a video signal.
See ‘Video Quality’ reading

13. See ‘Video Quality’ reading
In the ‘black’ area of a video signal, there are some important timing signals referred to as______, that refers to the high-speed timing pulses that keep all video equipment "in lock step."
See ‘Video Quality’ reading

14. See Video Quality reading
Referring to the previous slide… A ________is used to supply a common timing pulse for all equipment that must work in unity within a production facility.
See Video Quality reading

15. DSLR stands for ----- and is what kind of device?
Digital single lens reflex / professional 35mm’still images’ camera (but that can shoot video)

16. Eadweard Muybridge is known for what experiment?
See the online reading and Chapter 10

17. The text defines as 'an image appearing in front of the eye lingers long enough in the retina after removal of the image to allow the viewer to experience smooth, realistic motion from successive still images.' 
See Chap. 10

18. One of the small, illuminating “dots” that make up a picture on a television or computer screen. Short for “picture element”
pixel

19. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width
aspect ratio 

20. CCD -- charge-coupled device -- or CMOS
A microchip inside a camera that transduces visual energy in the form of light into electrical energy.
CCD -- charge-coupled device -- or CMOS
(Digital cameras -- MOS--metal– oxide–semiconductor; CMOS--Complementary metal–oxide– semiconductor

21. is defined as the distance from the optical center of the lens to the plane (target or "chip") of the video camera when the lens is focused at infinity.
focal length

22. The lens focus that is obtained by zooming in tightly on a subject and then focusing.
critical focus  

23. (a) A notation that indicates the size of the lens opening; (b) the (higher or lower) the f-stop number, the smaller the opening.
f-stop  / higher

24. The brightness information in a video picture
Luminance or luma

25. The fineness of detail that can be produced by a given television system. The higher this is, the more detail that can be reproduced
resolution

26. A device that performs the function of converting energy from one form to another, as in from acoustical to electrical energy
transducer

27. In class we said _____ is ‘the art of capturing and controlling light.
See class notes

28. Light levels, as picked up by a video camera, is measured in _____ in other countries but still often in ____ in the U.S.
See reading module

29. A lateral move (rolling the camera to the left or right on the pedestal) is ____, while (rolling) the entire camera toward or away from the subject is a __________.
See reading module

30. As noted in class and shown in the online reading, a device that's come into wide use in the last decade is the camera ______, essentially a long, highly maneuverable boom or crane-like device with a mounted camera at the end.
See reading module

31. Of the different types of camera mounts, a ____ camera is mounted on a flexible arm that uses a series of spring balances to hold its position. A camera operator can walk and even run and still get a reasonably steady shot.
See reading module

32. Hue saturation and luminance
What are the three basic video signal components / three components that make up a video signal?
Hue saturation and luminance

33. The standard frame rate for motion picture film is -----
24 frames per second

34. The main physical plant for a cable systems, where all signals are received then distributed to customers.
headend

35. The SMATV service has been commonly referred to as cable / The university’s ‘cable system’ is -----
Private/ SMATV

36. The first CATV (‘cable TV’) systems started in what decade. (where
The first CATV (‘cable TV’) systems started in what decade? (where?) The explosion in growth of cable TV started in what decade, because of satellite distribution?
1940s / 1970s

37. Communication satellites are located where? Why there?
22,300 miles above the equator

38. The video camera operator has to the camera each time the lighting conditions change, allowing the camera to ‘see’ what white looks like, to more accurately recreate all colors.
White balance

39. DISH, DirecTV / FiOS, U-verse
The two major DBS providers are ---- and the three main IPTV providers are ----
DISH, DirecTV / FiOS, U-verse

40. The primary colors in the video signal are
Red Green Blue

41. Interlaced / progressive
In generating a video picture, if it says 1080i, the 'i' stands for ____; If a video picture is ‘720p’ the ‘p’ stands for___
Interlaced / progressive

42. The main headquarters for a local market cable TV system, where all signals are received then sent out to subscribers is called the:
headend

43. Changing the iris by one f-stop, from f5
Changing the iris by one f-stop, from f5.6 to f4, for example, ____ the amount of light let into the lens.
doubles

44. The microchip inside a camera that transduces visual energy of light into electrical energy is either a ___ or _____
CCD / CMOS

45. Change from OTA NTSC to DTV
December 31, 2006 was then changed to February 17, 2009 then June 12, 2009 were dates scheduled for what to occur?
Change from OTA NTSC to DTV

46. For video viewing, OTA refers to _____ and OTT refers to ___
Over the Air, Over the Top

47. In the U.S., the spectrum used for digital television is coveted by:
Cellular telephone companies

48. 4K refers to --- and is also known as ----
A television standard with 4000 lines of pixels of horizontal resolution; UHD TV

49. Some broadcasters are returning their spectrum in a ‘reverse auction’
Why might the number of over-the-air television stations in the U.S. be reduced?
Some broadcasters are returning their spectrum in a ‘reverse auction’

50. In the cable television industry, what is a “franchise fee?”
A payment by the cable company to the local government

51. MVPD stands for ----; what are the common MVPDs?
Multichannel video program distributors; cable, satellite TV; IPTV

52. Currently considered The greatest threat to cable television operators:
Cord cutting

53. Skinny bundle (as one kind of basic tier of service)
A cable television service with fewer channels and lower subscription fees is often called a ---
Skinny bundle (as one kind of basic tier of service)

54. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 had the biggest impact on radio by:
Eliminating national ownership rules

55. The name of the early ‘TV studio’ built by Thomas Edison
Black Maria

56. The ----- was a voluntary code that was intended to suppress immorality in films.
Hayes Production Code

57. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Although the standard film frame rate has remained consistently 24 fps since the early days of film, Peter Jackson recently experimented with a higher frame rate for what film?
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

58. CGI is a term related to what specific technology we have studied?
filmmaking

59. What copyright issue has been a negative impact of cloud computing on the film industry
piracy

60. What do LED, LCD and OLED refer to?
Video screen technologies

61. If a local cable company does not have a retransmission consent agreement with a local broadcaster, what other option would be required for them?
Must carry

62. The technology that had the greatest impact on motion picture attendance wasTV

63. Numbers like 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, and 11 refer to the __ settings on a lens.
F-stop

64. Most video cameras use lenses, that allow the effective focal length of a zoom lens to be continuously varied...this is compared to a lens used in a lot of professional shooting where the focal length of the lens cannot be varied
Zoom / prime

65. A video scanning method in which half of a frame is scanned at a time, creating a field.
interlaced

66. Interlaced scanning , 30 frames per second, 525 scan lines, 4:3 aspect ratio are technical specifications for what?
NTSC TV

67. ‘video quiz’ – covers all assigned reading and class notes
Go through all reading since Audio Quiz and highlight and study all major terms.
‘video quiz’ – covers all assigned reading and class notes