Television Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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parachute stop n. Alexander did what the industry calls a “parachute” stop: After much of the filming has been done in advance, the correspondent flies in to add human touches and write the piece, to which video will be cut to fit later. [English Media Television Jargon] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2007)

pillarboxed adj. Most people will watch a feature film letterboxed but if, in the future, you fork out the money for a 16:9 set Im sure you would be dissapointed if the picture was “pillarboxed.” The 14:9 is not squashed per say—it is full frame 16:9 cropped so you only lose a portion of the edges of frame whereas the height is left alone. [English United Kingdom Media Movies Television] [full cite] (Jun. 24, 2007)

play-off n. A “play-off” is TV jargon for the footage that is run before a commercial break and it’s one of the many terms Linnell has had to pick up quickly as he runs a TV news and current affairs department for the first time in a career otherwise spent as a print journalist. [English Television Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 5, 2006)

pod n. Blandly uplifting segments—“pods,“ in Current parlance—on sex and dating in Iran, bridge-and-canyon skydivers and a pompous toad of a graphic artist glided harmlessly by, neither giving offense nor commanding full attention. [English Media Television] [full cite] (Aug. 3, 2005)

podbusting n. The stars of the CMT network’s top series “Trick My Truck” appear in a series of spots featuring tips on how to maintain your tricked-out truck, including the timely use of oil from Exxon. At its upfront, MTV will be telling advertisers that these techniques—which are called “podbusting” because they break up commercial pods with content that is almost indistinguishable from the entertainment programming—have greatly enhanced viewer engagement with the commercials and their retention of the ads’ messages. [English Advertising Television Jargon] [full cite] (May. 12, 2008)

producer’s pass n. There is now an unwritten rule that writers will provide free rewrites and polishes on their own material, particularly what is known as a “producer’s pass.“ That flies in the face of the WGA’s 2004 basic agreement, which pegs the rewrite minimum at $18,538 and the polish minimum at $9,274. [English Entertainment Movies Television Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 12, 2008)

re-speaker n. A “re-speaker,“ listening to the performer’s speech during the program, utters the content of that speech into the speech recognizer, which automatically produces a caption script. [English Media Television] [full cite] (Aug. 13, 2004)

re-speaker n. Script Capture supplements this with a re-speak system—using recognition trained to the re-speaker’s voice—to produce transcripts for programmes for which none exists. [English Media Television] [full cite] (Aug. 13, 2004)

red light disease n. Well, I think anybody in those jobs who has been doing it for a long time, they can be demanding. I think they all have that red light disease, when that little light in front of the camera goes on. But Gumbel is a professional. And, look, he has another gig over at HBO doing “Real Sports.“ [English Media Television Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 30, 2006)

red light syndrome n. The “red light” syndrome: It is awfully easy to fall in love with the camera and work hard to get as many interviews as possible. Unfortunately, in American TV the way to get lots of “air time” is to be provocative and critical. [English Media Television Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 30, 2006)

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