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Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Any equipment used to transmit from one television/radio device to another.

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Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Analogue signal

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Any continuous signal for which the time varying feature (variable) of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e., analogous to another time varying signal.

Ident

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

A station's symbol or logo, often accompanied by music, a jingle or an animation.

Hit the post

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Where a DJ continues to talk right up to the point where the vocals commence.

High definition television (HDTV)

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

In modern terms, broadcasting using a line standard of greater than 1000. Prior to World War II, "high definition" was used to mean a line standard greater than 240 lines.

Hammocking

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Placing a new or poorly-performing programme between two established popular programmes in order to boost viewing figures.

Gigahertz (GHZ)

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Thousand million cycles per second. The measurement for satellite frequencies.

Front sell

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

The act of introducing a song about to be played.

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