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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

Video jockey (VJ)

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

A term invented by MTV as the television version of a Disc Jockey.

Very high frequency (VHF)

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Frequencies from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m), used for radio and television broadcasting.

Vertical blanking interval (VBI)

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

The blank area out of sight at the top and bottom of a television picture that allows the raster gun to reset. The space created is often used for Teletext and other services.

Ultra high frequency (UHF)

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

Frequencies between 300 MHz (wavelength 1 meter) and 3. 0 GHz (wavelength 10 centimetres), used for television broadcasting.

Transponder

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

A physical part of a satellite that broadcasts the signal. In colloquial use, the satellite equivalent of the "channel" a television station is broadcast on (eg "broadcasting from Transponder 2C of ...

Tiling

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

The appearance of large non-congruent blocks on a video display when a digitally generated broadcast (i.e., image) was received by the monitor in an incomplete form. Tiling also occurs when the video ...

Television

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

The transmission of pictures and sound by radio frequency or cable for public reception.

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