A-roll - Video material that is edited, often with a voiceover, into a finished package

As-live - An interview that is recorded but left unedited, as if it was a live interview

Audio dub - A voiceover that is laid over a finished production. Could be audio or video production

Beta SP - Broadcast quality tape format

B-roll - B-roll is supplemental or alternative footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary

Cans - Headphones

Digi Beta - Broadcast quality tape format

Down the line - Type of interview where the interviewer is in a different location from the interviewee

Dub - A copy from the master tape. Could be audio or video

DVCam - Broadcast quality tape format

GFX - Graphics

Grab - Short, edited piece of interview, generally around 20"-30" duration

HD - High Definition: a digital television broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems

Library footage - sometimes known as stock footage, video material already shot

Live - Type of interview

Master tape - Finished version of an audio or video production

Mix - Two or more sound tracks mixed together

OB - Outside Broadcast: can be radio or television, sometimes called broadcasting on location

Package - Finished video or audio piece

Podcast - A series of audio files which are distributed over the internet using syndication feeds for playback on both portable mp3 players and computers

Pre-rec - Pre-recorded interview

Rushes - Raw, unedited material

SFX - Sound effects

Soundbite - A short interview clip. Also known as a grab, generally used for news. Approximately 20"-30" in length, depending on the broadcaster's style

Sound track - Any audio, can be natural sound or interview

Stock footage - Same as library footage. Pre-shot material

Tape deck - For feeding rushes into an edit suite

TX - Transmission

Videocast - term used for the online delivery of video on demand. Same as a podcast but with pictures. Also known as a vodcast or a video podcast

VNR - Video news release. Also known as an A-roll

Vodcast - A podcast with pictures. Also known as a videocast or video podcast

VT - Video tape

VT editor - Technician who cuts the video tape footage

Webcast - Like an outside broadcast, but is transmitted via the internet. Can be live or pre-recorded

Webchat - Generally a studio based chat between two or more spokespeople, often moderated by a presenter. Interested parties submit questions ahead of transmission. Can be live or pre-recorded. Webchats can also be text-only based, using a Messenger style conversation window.