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- noun informal A
public broadcaster
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Examples
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The movies have topped TV ratings worldwide; in Germany they achieved stellar ratings on ARD and the pubcaster is expected to nab the new batch.
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Pic will be distributed by Bac Films, subsid of producer Millimages, with coin from Canal Plus and pubcaster France 2, co-producing.
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The pubcaster also said it will lower license fees and order fewer episodes of such popular Canadian TV series as “The Border,” “Being Erica,” and “Little Mosque on the Prairie” to deal with a growing advertising downturn.
Sad News for Canadians – No More Simpsons | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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When Stewart joined the network four years ago, it had its lowest market shares in 20 years and its local productions generated poor ratings - "a terrible thing for a pubcaster," she said.
C21Media.net 2010
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Underscoring the growing popularity of German soaps, Santa Monica-based Aid and Abet has acquired rights to a gay storyline in pubcaster ARD's hit sudser "Verbotene liebe" (Forbidden Love).
Variety.com 2010
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German sales company Telepool recently launched its online distribution platform via Mediapeers, which also serves the likes of ZDF Enterprises, Al Jazeera, Austrian pubcaster ORF, Beta Film, TrustNordisk, Televisa, Telefonica, ESPN and Red Bull.
Variety.com 2010
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German sales company Telepool recently launched its online distribution platform via Mediapeers, which also serves the likes of ZDF Enterprises, Al Jazeera, Austrian pubcaster ORF, Beta Film, TrustNordisk, Televisa, Telefonica, ESPN and Red Bull.
Variety.com 2010
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Accusing the pubcaster of "extraordinary and outrageous" waste, media minister Jeremy Hunt said that he could "absolutely" see a reduction in the license fee that every TV household has to pay, which brings in £3.5 billion ($5.3 billion) into BBC coffers a year.
Variety.com 2010
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Five is an entertainment-led commercial web while Channel 4, owned by the state, is a pubcaster funded by advertising.
Variety.com 2010
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LONDON -- There is fresh speculation concerning a tie-up between two of the U. K.'s cash-strapped webs, Five, owned by RTL Group, and hybrid pubcaster Channel 4.
Variety.com 2010
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