Movies Tv

Question 0

Antitrust decision of 1948

Answer 0

Forced studios to sell their theaters. More power to director and actor

Question 1

Star system

Answer 1

Long term contracts with studios they could be loaned. Blacklisted if tv

Question 2

Movie business model

Answer 2

Get people to watch it
Audiences have been declining by 5% due to ticket prices 
DVD rentals are biggest money generator 
VOD, netflix cable
Licensing deals and product placement

Question 3

Outlook

Answer 3

Digitization

Cheaper but can lead to piracy

Question 4

Functions of TV

Answer 4

Entertainment, surveillance, correlation and cultural transmission

Question 5

Louis May

Answer 5

Discovered photo conductivity

Question 6

Cathode ray tube

Answer 6

A device in which electrons are transmitted to a screen for viewing

Question 7

John Logie Baird

Answer 7

Invented Baird TV. The first mechanically scanned tv deceive to warn money from sending pictures through the air

Question 8

Cable tv

Answer 8

The main focus initially was the bring tv signals into communities where over the jar reception was nonexistent due to terrain or weather

Question 9

Coxial cable

Answer 9

Insulated and layered conducting wire typically about .5 inches thick

Question 10

Optical fiber

Answer 10

Faster, higher capacity, transparent filament

Question 11

Multicast

Answer 11

Simultaneous transmission of multiple channels of compressed content or same content but at different times