Kinescope Recording – A record of a television program made by filming it from a television monitor. Before the development of video tape, it was the means of preserving live television programs and news coverage. (For more details, see Les Brown’s Encyclopedia of Television, 3d ed.).

Ku-band – A narrow-beam signal from a high-powered satellite that can be picked up by a dish as small as a foot square.  Used for DBS.  In contrast, the widebeam C-Band signals from a communications satellite that requires an earth station 12 feet or more in diameter for clear pickup.