television broadcast

Over-the-air transmission

A television broadcast is the transmission of video and audio content to receivers over airwaves, cable, or satellite.

The term distinguishes scheduled programming from streaming or recorded media: We watched the president's address during the live television broadcast.

Broadcast can function as noun or verb: The network will broadcast the game at eight.

Opposites
transmission medium

television broadcastradio broadcast

Transmitted audio programming

radio transmission · AM radio · FM radio · podcast

distribution model

television broadcaststreaming

Real-time digital delivery

video on demand · internet streaming · Netflix · streaming service · narrowcasting

live vs. recorded delivery

television broadcastrerun

Repeated broadcast

replay

Family

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