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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

Break-bumper

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

An animation or logotype briefly shown after the end of a programme or part of a programme before the advertising. See also "optical".

Billboard

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

A short announcement to identify a sponsor at the beginning or end of a production element such as the news or traffic/weather reports.

Bias

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

A constant amplitude high frequency signal added to the recording signal to improve the signal to noise ratio and reduce the distortion of an analogue tape recording.

Bel

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

A measure of voltage, current or power gain. One Bel is defined as a tenfold increase in power. If an amplifier increases a signal's power by a factor of 10, its power gain is 1 Bel or 10 decibels ...

Bed

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

A production element, usually instrumental music or sound effect played in the background of a spoken commercial, promo or other announcement.

Bandwidth

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

The available space between two given points on the electromagnetic spectrum and, inter alia, the amount of information that can be squeezed into that space.

Coverage

Broadcasting & receiving; Radio & TV broadcasting equipment

The percentage of households that can tune into a radio station within the theoretical broadcast radius.

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