Glossary
1 + 1 One plus one. One presenter plus one guest.
2 + 4 Two presenters plus four guests.
4-wire Bi-directional communications wire.
Analogue Signals that can have any value from 0 to 1 volt.
Angle of View The horizontal angle visible through a specific focal length lens.
Aperture correction (now known as ‘detail’) A way of electronically increasing the sharpness of a picture.
Backing track Instrumental recording replayed into a studio while a performer sings live.
Bars Electronically created test signal used to check (among other things) brightness (black level), contrast (white level) and colour.
BITC (pronounced ‘bitsey’) Burnt in time-code The time-code has been printed onto the vision and is always visible on screen. Used for taped ...
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