broadcasting networks
Major TV companies
Broadcasting networks are organizations that distribute television or radio programming to affiliated stations across a wide geographic area.
A network produces or acquires content and transmits it to local stations, which then broadcast to their communities.
Major American examples include ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox.
The term often appears in discussions of media consolidation and advertising: The broadcasting networks compete fiercely for prime-time viewers.
- cable networksSubscription television stations
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- prime timeEvening TV's busiest window
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- feedSupply with sustenance
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broadcasting networksstreaming services
On-demand video delivery platforms
streaming platforms · Netflix · Hulu · Amazon Prime Video · video on demand
broadcasting networkscommunity radio
Volunteer-operated neighborhood station
public access television · narrowcasting · ham radio · pirate radio · college radio
broadcasting networksnarrowcasting
Transmission to targeted audiences
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