simulcast

Simultaneous media transmission

A simulcast is a broadcast transmitted simultaneously across multiple channels or platforms—radio and television together, or streaming alongside traditional broadcast.

The word blends "simultaneous" and "broadcast." As a verb, to simulcast is to transmit this way: The concert was simulcast on three networks.

They simulcast the debate online.

live

real-time

Occurring without processing delay

coverage · premiere · sports · concert · news · debate · performance · announcement · launch · breaking

platform

television

Broadcast viewing device

  • radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
  • streamingReal-time digital delivery
  • podcastEpisodic digital audio series

webcast · satellite · cable · network · digital · Twitch · YouTube · multiplatform · cross-platform · app

broadcast

transmission

Sending of information

antenna · radio · television · satellite · cable · network · station · airwaves · channel · FCC

synchronization

synchronized

Occurring at the same time

real-time · aligned · harmonized · contemporaneous · coincident · unified · matched · timed · linked · interlocked

Categories
Opposites
timing of broadcast

simulcastdelayed broadcast

Program aired after recording

rebroadcast · tape delay · replay · rerun · on-demand

channel distribution

simulcastexclusive release

Distribution through single channel

narrowcast · unicast

Family

simulcasts, simulcasting

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
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