kinescoping

/ˈkɪnəˌskoʊpɪŋ/
noun
  1. The process or practice of recording a television program by filming a video monitor, used especially in early television.
    • Engineers developed kinescoping to allow time-delayed broadcasts across different time zones.
    • Kinescoping was the only way to save live TV shows before videotape was invented.
    • The museum has a collection of kinescoping equipment from the 1950s.
verb
  1. Present participle of kinescope: recording (a television program) by filming a video monitor.
    • The technician spent hours kinescoping old episodes for the archive.
    • Back then, kinescoping a program required careful synchronization of the camera and the monitor.
    • They are kinescoping the show tonight for international distribution.