TV/Video Industry Glossary
TV/Video Industry Glossary Anchor: TV show host. As-Live: A pre-recorded report, conducted by the reporter and generally running to around 90 seconds, which has the appearance of a Live Hit . The reports are generally used to summarize the latest in an ongoing story, and asked for when the story either does not warrant a full package , or there is not enough to time to produce one. B-Roll: Footage of an interviewee in which the person is not talking to the camera, used generally to introduce or paint their subsequent interview. Back Bench: noun Journalistic term referring to a news organization’s managing editors. Biz: abbreviation of Business. Generally referring to a tv news channel’s business-related show. CGTN: acronym China Global Television Network. TV News channel. Copy: Synonym for written text in journalism and publishing industries. e.g. “I’ll file copy and pictures tomorrow evening”. Donut: A Live Hit conducted with the format of a live appearance in which the