Television Industry

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Studies the business of television, including programming strategies, advertising, ownership, and regulation.

Television Technology: The technology behind the television industry and how it has evolved over time.
Television Production: The process of producing a television program, from pre-production to post-production.
Television Programming: The programming strategies and scheduling decisions that make up the television industry.
Television Advertising: How advertisers use television to reach their target audience, and how the industry generates revenue.
Television Journalism: The role of television news in society, and how it is produced and broadcast.
Television Criticism: The study of television as a cultural product, including analysis of its content, form, and reception.
Television History: The evolution of television as a medium, from its early days to the present.
Television Culture: The impact of television on popular culture, including its role in shaping societal norms and values.
Television and Politics: The relationship between television and politics, including the power of television in elections and political propaganda.
Television and Society: The place of television in society, including its impact on education, family life, and social behavior.
Television Production Studies: It is a type of study that deals with the techniques and technology used in producing television shows, movies, and other video content.
Television Broadcasting: This is a type of study that focuses on the organization, management, and distribution of television programs.
Television Advertising: This is a study that examines the techniques and strategies used in advertising on television, including the use of commercials, product placements, and sponsorships.
Television Journalism: It is a type of study that focuses on the role of television in reporting and covering news, events, and other important information.
Television Cultural Studies: This is a study of the ways in which television reflects, shapes, and influences our culture and society.
Television Audience Studies: This is a study of the behavior and attitudes of television viewers, including their preferences, motivations, and habits.
Television History: This is a study of the development and evolution of television as a medium, including key technological, social, and cultural milestones.
Television Criticism: This is a study that examines the ways in which television content is evaluated and reviewed, including formal and informal criticism, awards, and other forms of recognition.
"Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound."
"Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports."
"The new technology [television] was marketed to consumers only after several years of further development."
"An improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States."
"In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries."
"Betamax and VHS tapes, LaserDiscs, high-capacity hard disk drives, CDs, DVDs, flash drives, high-definition HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, and cloud digital video recorders."
"The availability of various types of archival storage media has enabled viewers to watch pre-recorded material—such as movies—at home on their own time schedule."
"At the end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions greatly increased in popularity."
"HDTV provides a resolution that is substantially higher than SDTV."
"Internet television has increased the availability of television programs and movies via the Internet through streaming video services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iPlayer, and Hulu."
"In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set."
"Flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs, OLED displays, and plasma displays have replaced earlier cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen displays."
"In the near future, LEDs are expected to be gradually replaced by OLEDs."
"Smart TVs with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 functions became the dominant form of television by the late 2010s."
"Television signals were initially distributed only as terrestrial television using high-powered radio-frequency television transmitters to broadcast the signal to individual television receivers."
"Television signals are also distributed by coaxial cable or optical fiber, satellite systems, and since the 2000s via the Internet."
"Until the early 2000s, television signals were transmitted as analog signals."
"A standard television set consists of multiple internal electronic circuits, including a tuner for receiving and decoding broadcast signals."
"A visual display device that lacks a tuner is correctly called a video monitor rather than a television."
"Major manufacturers have announced that they will increasingly produce smart TVs in the mid-2010s."