L2 BTEC Creative Media Production IG1 Task 1 Worksheet Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats

BROADCAST

Terrestrial radio

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘Terrestrial (land based) radio stations still provide millions of listeners with music, talk, news and more. Whether you're looking for a particluar station by geography, format, or other criteria, these directories and databases will help your search. In addition, you will find links here to "airchecks" - recordings of legendary

and famous radio programs and DJs, hosts and personalities’

http://radio.about.com/od/terrestrialradio/Terrestrial_Radio_Station_Directories_Databases_and_Airchecks.htm

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: The meaning of terrestrial radio is that it gives people different features for e.g. music, talk, news and more. This is a land based radio service.

Digital audio

broadcasting (DAB)

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘Digital Audio Broadcasting is a transmission technology first designed in the ‘80s as a method of bringing the benefits of digital to traditional analogue radio broadcasts.’

http://hexus.net/ce/tech-explained/audio-visual/19679-digital-audio-broadcasting-dab/

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: This quote translates that the digital audio broadcasting is a technology that transmission. It first made in the 80’s, to bring the benefits of digital to traditional analogue radio broadcast.

L2 BTEC Creative Media Production IG1 Task 1 Worksheet Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats

News and features

packages

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘A news package is usually the longest type of

storytelling found on television newscasts. They are also found in long-form news programming, such as the CBS News program 60 Minutes’ http://media.about.com/od/mediatermsandglossary/g/News-Package.htm

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: This quote expressing that news and features packages is the longest type of storytelling on TV newscasts. They too can be found in long-form news programming, for e.g. the cbs news program 60 minutes.

Music and speech

based programming

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock music from various regions of the world, and sometimes in jazz and contemporary classical music. Recently, programming has been incorporated into various styles of post-hardcore and metalcore music.’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_(music)

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:

The term programming define is a form of music production and performance using electronics devices, sometime sequencers or computer programs, To start music. The word programming used in every form of electronic music and In most hip hopmusic from the 1990’s. Also it is used frequently in modern pop and rock music from various regions of the world, and sometimes jazz and contemporary classical music. Justlittle time back, programming has been incorporated into various styles.

Radio drama

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance,

broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD.

With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music

and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and

story. “It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: This radio drama is a dramatized , purely acoustic performances, broadcast on radio or published on audio media. For e.g. cd or tape. With no component visual, it depends on dialogue, music to help listener to visualise the characters and story.

L2 BTEC Creative Media Production IG1 Task 1 Worksheet Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats

as a visual force in the psychological dimension.’[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_drama

Commercials

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘A commercial advertisement on television (usually abbreviated to TV commercial, advert,ad, or ad-film[1]) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization, which conveys a message, typically to market a product or service’

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercials

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: The commercial advertisement on television is a mix of TV programming produced and paid by a company which pass the message. Often to market a product or service

NON-BROADCAST

Podcasts

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘A podcast is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio radio, video, PDF, files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasts

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: Podcast is a type of digital media including of an episodic series of video, audio and pdf.

Internet radio

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘Internet radio (also web radio, net radio, streaming radio, e-radiowebcasting) is an audio service transmitted via the Internet’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: Internet radio also called web radio, streaming radio, net radio, e radio and webcasting.

L2 BTEC Creative Media Production IG1 Task 1 Worksheet Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats

AUDIO FORMATS

CD

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘The Compact Disc, or CD for short, is an optical disc used to store digital data’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: Cd stand for compact disc, this means optical disc, its for store information.

Music TV

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from bands, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite or cable’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_television

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: It focus on playing music videos. Usually on tv channels broadcasting on satellite or cable.

Wav

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

‘Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or more commonly known as WAV due to its filename extension’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wav

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS: It’s a play file format.

MP3

FOUND DEFINITION AND WEBSITE ADDRESS:

EXPLANATION IN YOUR OWN WORDS:

L2 BTEC Creative Media Production IG1 Task 1 Worksheet Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Audio Products and Formats

‘MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III,[4] more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented encoding format for digital audio’

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3

It is a encoding format of for digital audio that play on mp3.