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Final Exam Flashcards

1
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CATV stands for…

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Community Antennae Television

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2
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Who started CATV? Where & Why?

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

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

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

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4
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Who was the first to distribute paid TV programming (HBO)?

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The Waltons

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5
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Cable operators found that CATV could….,which local broadcasters couldn’t

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Carry more channels

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6
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In 1972, the FCC allowed CATV to…

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expand in the top 100 markets

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7
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CATV operators needed to provide…

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At least 1 public/educational/government channel

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8
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What are the “Must Carry” Rules?

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

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9
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Why were “Must Carry” rules established?

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

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10
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Communications Act of 1992

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

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11
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What is the one thing the FCC regulates for CATV

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Basic rates

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12
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How does cable make a profit? (4)

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  1. Monthly subscriptions for service
  2. Local ad sales
  3. Pay-per-view programming, and now…
  4. Internet & phone service
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13
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When did HBO start? Where?

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1972, locally in New York

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14
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In ____, HBO became a viable pay channel

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1978

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15
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First kids show on HBO

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Fraggle Rock

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16
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On what date & where did MTV get it’s start?

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August 1, 1982, NYC

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17
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MTV’s campaign slogan

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“I want my MTV”

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18
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In ____, ESPN was launched

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1979

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19
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On what date did ESPN begin 24 hr. programming?

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September 1, 1980

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20
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In ____, ABC purchased ESPN

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1984 (4 years after 24 hour program.)

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21
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____ was the 1st network to hire women as sports anchors

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ESPN

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22
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By ____ ESPN had as many subscribers as CNN

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2007

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23
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The 1st significant overhaul of the US telecom law in over 60 years, signed by which president

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Telecommunications Act of 1996, Clinton

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24
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First telecom act to include the internet

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

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25
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Who established the Telecom Act or 1996, and what was it’s primary goal

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

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26
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Telecommunications Act of 1996 forced telephone companies to…

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Share with their line with competitors at regulated rates

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27
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TItle 5 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

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

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28
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In ____, cable switched from coaxial to fiber optic

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1992

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29
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First cable TV show to receive an Emmy Award

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Mad Men, Outstanding TV Drama Series

30
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Cable TV subscribers are declining, but their income is increasing because of…

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Internet service

31
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Annual number of text messages in the US

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2.27 Trillion

32
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Largest TV subscribers list

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  1. Comcast: 23 million
  2. DirecTV
  3. Dish Network
  4. Time Warner
  5. Cox Communications
  6. Netflix
33
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Arthur C. Clarke (1945)

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

34
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The first country to explore DBS, first satellite launched, and what date?

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Russia, Sputnik, October 4, 1957

35
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First US satellite launched and what date?

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

36
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First communications satellite name, who developed it, and for what reason

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

37
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Date of the first satellite communication, and who was it between?

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

38
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During which decade did the TV industry begin using satellite communication

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Mid 70s

39
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Geosynchronus orbit

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Hovering in one spot above the equator

40
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What did HBO initiate in 1975

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Satellite delivery of programming to cable

41
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Taylor Howard, 1976

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

42
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In ____, Pat Robertson launched the first satellite delivered Christian Broad Netowrk channel, later named (The Family Channel)

A

1978

43
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The “Big Dish” sales soared from ___ to ____

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1981-1985

44
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Average cost of Big Dish system

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

45
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The “Big draw” to dish system

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Free programming

46
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The Cable Act of 1984

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

47
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Primestar was created by _________ in ____

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4 large cable companies, early 1990s

48
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Hughes DirecTV started in ___ and bought ______

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1994, Primestar

49
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Smaller dishes had this advantage over the large ones

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Better quality sound and picture

50
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DirecTV pioneer the development of…

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“The 18” dish”

51
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Dish Network Company formed

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1996

52
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What is SHIVA and when did it start?

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Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act, Nov. 1999

53
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Future plans for DBS (4)

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  1. More music stations
  2. More internet and possible phone service
  3. Satellite signal to car and GPS
  4. Satellite signal to smartphones
54
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When was the internet built and for who?

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1960s, to be a military communication network

55
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What is Arpanet?

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Advanced Research Project Agency; begins research on distributed communication network

56
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Who invented e-mail and what year?

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Ray Tomlinson, 1971, and pick the ‘@’ symbol

57
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IBM brings PC to their market in ____

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1981

58
Q

Who time magazine recognized the computer in 1982 as…

A

Man of the Year

59
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In 1987, an e-mail link was established between

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Germany & China

60
Q

What is Gopher?

A

The first search engine

61
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What year was “Surfing the net” coined as a term?

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1992

62
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What year did the White House start public e-mail?

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1992

63
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What did Pizza Hut pioneer in 1994

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Online pizza orders

64
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What is Mosaic and what year did it begin?

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First graphic based web designer; 1994

65
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When did Netscape start and what were they credited for (2)?

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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

66
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When did Internet Explorer begin?

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1995

67
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When did Google start?

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1998

68
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How do search engines make money?

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Sponsored links

69
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4 myths about search engines

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  1. Impartial information tools
  2. Searches the entire web and picks most relevant results
  3. Varies greatly, offering choice and competition
70
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What is Net Neutrality?

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

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