MCS 2160 Key Terms

Class 1 - Television

•Pixels - Picture dots
•Network - Organisations who produce, distribute and broadcast TV
•Pilots - An example trial TV program
•Retransmission fees - The fee a local cable company pays to a station to carry its signal
•Premium cable - Subscription based cable TV (like HBO)
•Cord cutting - Cancelling cable TV in favour of using the internet
•Fiber optic cable - High end cables made of glass using light
•DBS - Direct Broadcast Satellite
•Broadband - An internet connection with a higher level of data
•VOD - Video On Demand (e.g. Netflix)

​Class 2 - Film
•Persistence of vision
•Cinématographe
•Double feature
•B-movie
•Green light process
•Platform rollout
•Blockbuster mentality
•Franchise films
•Theatrical films
•Branding films

Class 3 - Radio, Recording and Popular Music
•Deregulation
•Syndication
•Terrestrial digital radio
•Web radio
•Podcasting
•Streaming
•Digital recording
•MP3
•Open source software
•Cloud music service
•BitTorrent

Class 4 - Video Games
•Video game
•Crowdsource
•First person perspective game
•Gamification
•Third party publishers
•MMO
•Casual games
•Freemium games
•Advergames
•Advocacy games

Class 5 - The Internet
•Internet
•Mainframe computer
•Multimedia
•Domain name
•Hyperlink
•Global village
•Fair use
•Encryption
•Cloud computing
•Network neutrality
•Digital divide​