Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To broadcast a television program.
- intransitive verb To broadcast (a program) by television.
- noun A television broadcast.
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- verb transitive To
broadcast bytelevision . - verb intransitive To
broadcast atelevision program . - noun A television broadcast, especially outside of a
studio .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a television broadcast
- verb broadcast via television
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Examples
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"The objective of a telecast is to get as many viewers as possible," Selig says.
MLB, Fox turn back World Series clock with earlier start times 2009
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Add to that, my telecast is suffering some severe “tiling”, where the picture pauses and stops and starts and at one point this lasted so long that my picture went dark-totally black!
Comcast’s Blurry High Definition Picture - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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All I have read about this telecast is how poorly it did in the ratings.
Top 10 Best/Worst Oscar Moments of 2008 » Scene-Stealers 2008
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Arledge presided over the first live sports telecast from the Soviet Union and introduced Howard Cosell to television audiences with his interviews of Muhammad Ali that quickly became the stuff of legend.
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Consider that part of the rationale behind AMPAS's decision to increase the number of nominees was to attract more viewers to the telecast, which is hard to do when the categories are stocked with films most people didn't see.
Oscars 2012: the best picture nominations we'd like to see 2012
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That may seem like a small milestone, but for much of the game's history, the most exciting part of the telecast was the ads.
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Ten networks carried the telecast, which is one less than last time since Fox elected to run its detective drama Lie to Me 7.8 million, 2.3 national adults 18-49 rating instead.
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Ten networks carried the telecast, which is one less than last time since Fox elected to run its detective drama Lie to Me 7.8 million, 2.3 national adults 18-49 rating instead.
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The only thing is that they won't be honored during the telecast, which is a shame because these three in particular deserve montages.
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Yes, the telecast was the highest-rated CW Sunday primetime show in a year, while being the lowest-rated Daytime Emmy ever (less than 2.7 million viewers) -- half the audience of the 2008 ABC presentation.
The Way to Television's Future - INCUBATE - Simon Applebaum - MediaBizBloggers 2009
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