pretaped

Not broadcast live

Pretaped describes something recorded in advance rather than broadcast or presented live: The interview was pretaped earlier this week.

The term appears most often in television and radio contexts, where pretaped segments can be edited before airing.

Also spelled pre-taped.

broadcast

prerecorded

Captured in advance

program · episode · airing · interview · news · anchor · studio · network · primetime · telecast

production

recorded

Captured for posterity

archived · VHS · cassette · camcorder · VCR · dubbing · footage · post-production · encoding · mastering

performance

rehearsed

Prepared by repetition

cued · timed · staged · choreographed · run-through · blocking · practice · memorized · directed · read-through

Opposites
broadcast timing/production method

pretapedlive

To exist or dwell

unrecorded · simulcast · real-time · spontaneous · in real time

Family

pretape

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G