Z Channel (other)
Z Channel is one of the first pay cable stations in the United States. Z Channel may also refer to: * Z (TV channel), a French-language Canadian TV network sometimes called Z Channel (Fr. ''Canal Z'') * Z-channel (information theory), a communications channel used in coding theory and information theory * '' Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession'', a 2004 documentary about the pay cable station See also * Channel Z (other) * Z Music Television Z Music Television was a Christian-oriented cable television channel with a music video format similar to that of MTV, and, in its earliest days, direct marketing appeals similar to The Home Shopping Network. Their programming, largely music vide ...

Z Channel
The Z Channel was one of the first pay television stations in the United States best known for its devotion to the art of cinema due to the eclectic choice of films"Film-News and Notes." ''Daily News of Los Angeles'' October 3, 1986 by the programming chief, Jerry Harvey. History Z Channel was launched in 1974 by Theta Cable (a division of TelePrompTer Corporation and Hughes Aircraft Co.) which was acquired by Group W (Westinghouse) in 1981. Operations were located in Santa Monica, California. Jerry Harvey was hired as program director in 1980. As program director, Harvey was given permission to program the network the way he saw fit. As such, the network featured a wide variety of films not typically shown on other pay television services at the time. These included many B movies, silent films, foreign films, and original unedited versions of films. On Christmas Eve 1982, Harvey made the decision to show the original (previously unreleased in two years) version of '' Heav ...
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Z (TV Channel)
Z is a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by Bell Media. Z focuses on programming primarily from the science fiction, fantasy, and technology genres consisting of dramas, films, and documentaries. History In May 1999, Radiomutuel Inc. was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a television broadcasting licence for a channel called ''Canal Z, aux limites du savoir'', described as "a national French-language television specialty service that is dedicated entirely to science and technology, the earth and its secrets, space exploration, the paranormal and science fiction, lifestyles and computer science." Before the channel was launched, in June 1999, Astral Media announced its intention to purchase Radiomutuel, which was approved by the CRTC on January 12, 2000 and closed shortly thereafter. The channel launched on January 31, 2000 as Canal Z (often referred to as simply Z). The channel was renamed Ztélé i ...
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Z-channel (information Theory)
In coding theory and information theory, a Z-channel (binary asymmetric channel) is a communications channel used to model the behaviour of some data storage systems. Definition A Z-channel is a channel with binary input and binary output, where each 0 bit is transmitted correctly, but each 1 bit has probability ''p'' of being transmitted incorrectly as a 0, and probability 1–''p'' of being transmitted correctly as a 1. In other words, if ''X'' and ''Y'' are the random variables describing the probability distributions of the input and the output of the channel, respectively, then the crossovers of the channel are characterized by the conditional probabilities: :\begin \operatorname X = 0 &= 1 \\ \operatorname X = 1 &= p \\ \operatorname X = 0 &= 0 \\ \operatorname X = 1 &= 1 - p \end Capacity The channel capacity \mathsf(\mathbb) of the Z-channel \mathbb with the crossover 1 → 0 probability ''p'', when the input random variable ''X'' is distributed accordin ...
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A Magnificent Obsession
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ...
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Channel Z (other)
Channel Z may refer to: Radio stations * Channel Z (Radio Station), in New Zealand * WGAC-FM (1992–1996), in Augusta, Georgia, former rock station WCHZ, Channel Z-95.1 * Channel Z 97.3 FM (1998–2003), in Cincinnati, Ohio * Channel Z 98.9/105.7 FM (1997–2000), in Columbus, Ohio Other uses * "Channel Z" (song), a 1989 song by The B-52's *Channel Z, the prototype Amiga 1200 computer by Commodore See also * Z Channel (other) * Z (other) Z is the 26th and last letter of the Latin alphabet. Z may also refer to: Film and television * ''Z'' (1969 film), a 1969 Algerian-French thriller film based on the murder of a Greek politician. * ''Z'' (1999 film), a 1999 Kannada mystery-th ...