Abbreviations used

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16 – 16mm film
35 – 35mm film
‘ – minutes
” – seconds

A

A-R – Associated-Rediffusion
ABC – ABC Weekend TV
ABC/T – ABC’s studios in Teddington
ALL – to the network
AN – announcement; announcer
ANG – Anglia Television
Anmt – anncouncement
ANN – announcement; announcer
ATV – Associated TeleVision; ATV London; ATV Midlands; ATV Network (depending on era)

B

BTV – Border Television
BDR – Border Television
Bk – commercial break

C

C, (C) – colour (after 1969)
CAM – in-vision announcement
CAP – static caption
CB – commercial break
CCR – Granada’s transmission control
CHA – Channel Television
CIN – cine, ie from film
CL – clock; closing (as in titles)
Comm – commencing
CTV – Channel Television
CUB – live announcement

D

E

EMI – Electrical and Musical Industries; usually identifies a playout machine
EUS – Euston studios of Thames Television
Ex – excluding

F

FS – Foley Street, ATV London’s master control

G

GPN – Grampian Television
GR – Granada Television
GTV – Granada Television

H

HAR – later HTV
HTV – formerly Harlech Television
HAR1 – HTV General Service
HAR2 – HTV Cymru/Wales
HTVc – HTV Cymru/Wales

I

IBA – Independent Broadcasting Authority (from 1972)
ITA – Independent Television Authority (until 1972)
ITN – Independent Television News

J

K

L

LOC, (L) – local origination, sometimes meaning ‘not networked’
LF – local film, ie a film run off locally
LW – London Weekend
LWT – London Weekend Television

M

M – monochrome (after 1969)
MC – Master Control

N

NET – network, networked

O

OB – Outside Broadcast
OP – opening, as in start-up or titles
OS – outside source, as in originating from outside the building or company

P

Pres – presentation suite/studio
Prog – programme

Q

Q dots – cue dot, an in-vision spot in the picture corner giving warning of a commercial break

R

(R) – repeat
R/Time – runtime, ie length
RCA – Radio Corporation of America; usually identifies a playout machine
REC – record (as in vinyl or shellac); record (as make a recording)
RED – Rediffusion London

S

S – Studio, usually followed by the studio number
S/V – sound/vision
Sep – Separate, ie taking the programme but not at this exact time
SL – slide
SMC – duty continuity announcer
SOF – Sound On Film
SOT – Sound On Tape
SOU – Southern Television
STUD – Studio, usually followed by the studio letter
STV – Scottish Television

T

Tape – videotape
TBA – to be announced
TC – Transmission Control
TED – ABC and later Thames Television’s largest studios
THS – Thames Television
TTT – Tyne Tees Television
TVH – Television House, headquarters of Rediffusion
TVP, TV Press – the Television Press Agency, provider of schedules information to newpapers
TWW – Television Wales and West

U

UTV – Ulster Television

V

V – video
via – routed through
VT – from video tape
VTR – from video tape

W

WEM – Wembley, main studios of Rediffusion
Wk – week
WTV – Westward Television

X

Y

YOT – Yorkshire Television
YTV – Yorkshire Television

Z

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