Subsequently, White House transcribers scrambled to record his comments from network tapes.
Amid all the action, the network taped both its annual awards show telecast and its video countdown show, "106 & Park".
Video Concert Hall, the first nationwide music video TV network, taped the one-hour special in Hollywood and Atlanta, where the TV studios of Video Concert Hall were located.
The network of tape trading also helped link M.M.A. to the Internet, which was coming of age alongside it.
TV and video social network TIOTI (Tape It Off the Internet), which has had a rocky ride this last two years, has been acquired by Vizimo, a NorthStar-backed startup with similar aims.
The early grindcore scene relied on an international network of tape trading and DIY production.
The network's tape-delay dance — and its excuses — have grown tired.
N.F.L. Films is responsible for about a quarter of the network's taped schedule; shows like "Sound FX" double as weekly advertisements for the network.
The debate, sponsored jointly by The New York Times and The New Jersey Network, was taped at 1 p.m. and broadcast at 9 p.m.
