1	Intro to AAVTC Telephone, Radio and Internet
2	Advantages Links people around the world. Can be accessed at any time. Minimal costs Variety of options. Decreased in size
3	Definition Telecommunications � the transmission of voice, data, graphics, and video communications from one place to another.
4	Types Types of Telecommunications � Radios � Telephones � Fax Machines � Pagers � Compressed Interactive Video/ CIV
5	Reliability Telecommunications relies on: �� Wires �� Cables �� Satellites �� Wireless Services
6	Providers Analog/ Digital Phone Service Providers �� AT&T ,� Alltel,� Sprint,�� MCI, �� Spring PCS, Verizon,� Nextel
7	Analog The process of taking an audio or video signal (the human voice) and translating it into electronic pulses
8	Adv VS. Disadv. Advantages � Not complicated, inexpensive. Disadvantages � has size limitations as to how much data it can carry
9	Digital Breaking the signal into a binary format where the audio or video data is represented by a series of 1�s and 0�s
10	Digital Breaks your voice into a series of 1�s and 0�s and transfers it to the other end where it reassembles the numbers into their original sound.
11	Adv. Vs. Disadv. Advantages You get more information into the same space of an analog signal. Disadvantages � You do not get the same rich sound you do with analog.� Still relatively expensive.
12	Internet Providers �� AOL �� MSN �� EarthLink In 2000, over 41 percent of all US Households had Internet service.
13	"The largest sector of the..." The largest sector of the telecommunications industry has always been telephonic communications. In late 2000, over 100 million US households had fixed-line telephone service and over 100 million people had wireless phone service.
14	Changes Wireless phones and the transmission of data over high-speed cables have transformed the industry from a traditional one to one on the cutting edge of technology.
15	Employment Telephone, Radio, and Internet �� Communications Equipment Operators �� 339,000 �� Telecommunications Equipment �� Installers and Repairers �� 126,000 �� Announcers (includes TV) 71,000
16	TV and Motion Picture Three Major Television Networks � CBS � ABC � NBC
17	TV and Motion Pictures Newer Networks �� Fox �� Cable Television Networks (HBO)
18	Definition Cable Television � provides television service through a network of cables rather than through antennas. �� Cable TV programs specialize in one type of programming such as gardening shows, cartoons, movies.
19	Stats 60% of US households had cable TV in 2000.� (More than 3 times as many in 1980.)
20	Cable TV Three largest cable TV providers. �� AOL Time Warner �� AT&T Communications �� Cox Communications
21	LA The motion picture industry is based in Los Angeles, California.� There are six major film companies. �� 1.� News Corporation �� 2.� AOL Time Warner �� 3.� Vivendi Universal �� 4.� Sony �� 5.� Viacom �� 6.� Walt Disney Company
22	Film Festivals Cannes Film Festival in France Sundance Film Festival in Utah �� Shown at festivals first and then later distributed or released around the country.
23	Indie Films Created outside the �BIG SIX� studios �� Advantages:� less expensive to make �� Disadvantage:� more profit
24	Employment
25	Assignment You are a news reporter/correspondent. �� Write the script for a major breaking story that has occurred within your school.� Some ideas may include winning the state championship, having a teacher receive national recognition for an outstanding job, or having your chemistry students make a major discovery.