Glossary of Terms defined allowable monthly rates for Basic service, Expanded Basic service, equipment and installation. Rates must now conform to these FCC benchmarks and can be reduced if too high. Another provision of the Act requires cable television companies to sell cable programming to DBS operators and owners of home satellite dishes. The Act places a huge regulatory burden on the understaffed FCC. President Bush vetoed it in his last months of office but Congress overrode the veto. camcorder Cameras and video recorder systems packaged as a whole that permanently integrate camera, recorder and microphone components. Camcorders are used for remote production work and consumer activities. Cameo Macintosh-based personal videoconferencing system announced by Compression Labs in January of 1992. Developed jointly with AT&T and designed to work over ISDN lines and, most recently, Ethernet LANs. The Cameo transmits 15 fps of video and requires an external handset or headset for audio transmission. camera In video, an electronic (or in the past electromechanical) device used to convert visual images into electrical impulses. The camera scans an image and describes the light that is present using an optical system and a light-sensitive pick-up tube. carrier A term used to refer to various telephone companies that provide local, long distance or value added services; alternately, a system or systems whereby many channels of electrical information can be carried over a single transmission path. carrier wave A single frequency that can be modulated by another wave that contains information. Thus, the information contained in the second wave form is superimposed on the carrier for the purpose of transmitting it. cathode ray tube Developed by a German Karl Ferdinand Braun, the CRT is a glass picture tube, narrow at one end and wide at the other. The narrow end contains a negative terminal called a cathode The cathode emits a stream of electrons. These electrons are focused or beamed Video Communication: the Whole Pictu