GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS
Glossary and Acronyms
APG | Advanced Program Guide™ the DIRECTV electronic program guide. |
ATSC | Advanced Television Systems Committee. Standardization body that developed the |
| Digital Television Terrestrial formats. |
CAM | Conditional access module, usually referred to as the access card. A removable, |
| electronic subassembly providing conditional access control of the subscriber |
| terminal. |
CSR | Customer Service Representative |
DIRECTV | DIRECTV is a registered trademark of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics |
| Corporation. |
DST | Daylight Saving Time |
DTV | Digital Television |
IPPV | Impulse pay per view. A method for ordering service on “impulse” where payments are |
| required for each program or special event independently. |
LNB | Low Noise Block downconverter. Portion of ODU that receives the satellite signal and |
| converts the signal into |
MPAA | Motion Picture Association of America. Guild governing rating assignments to movies. |
NTSC | National Television Systems Committee. Standardization body that developed the |
| Analog Television Terrestrial formats. |
ODU | Outdoor Satellite Dish Unit. The System that provides signal reception and down |
| conversion. |
OPPV | Order Ahead pay per view. Movie purchases placed by calling a customer service |
| representative rather than using the |
| movies when the subscriber does not connect the phone to the Digital Satellite |
| Receiver. |
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