Changes in the Way Television Programming is Delievered

Question 1

satellites

Answer 1

programs transmitted and received by satellites

• dish to pick up signal from network
• uplink –>satellite –> downlink

Question 2

uplink

Answer 2

ground base transmission center

Question 3

transponders

Answer 3

satellites capture and amplifies and transmits with transponders

Question 4

downlink

Answer 4

receiving transmitter

-local system, home, cable station

Question 5

geosynchronous orbit

Answer 5

synchronized with the earth’s rotation

-remained in fixed position in relationship to ground positions

Question 6

cable TV for geographically challenged

Answer 6

would have trouble getting over the air broadcast

• started in the 1940s
• send TV through cabels instead of broadcast signals
• 1975: offer unedited, uncut, recently released movies though cable (HBO), 24 hour cable mews
• increased spread of cable, even if can get broadcast signal

Question 7

head end

Answer 7

distributes programs form downlink satellite signal and then transferred to cables for the town (often alongside the telephone lines)

Question 8

Public Access

Answer 8

anyone in a local community can do whatever they want for half an our, own show
-most popular shows were controversial