| 释义 |
simulcast, v. orig. U.S.|ˈsɪməlkɑːst, -æ-|
[f. simultaneous a. + broadcast v. 3.]
trans. To broadcast (a programme) simultaneously on radio and television. Also, to transmit (a television programme) on two or more channels or networks at the same time. Also absol.
1948Amer. N. & Q. May 26/2 To simulcast, to broadcast by radio and television simultaneously. 1948N.Y. Herald Tribune 15 June 16/6 A press agent at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia has rather timorously launched the verb ‘simulcast’ into the uneasy seas of the English language. 1951Time 16 July 58/2 Allen alone of the top announcers ‘simulcasts’—broadcasts games simultaneously for both radio and TV. 1977Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Jan. 34/3 It used to be they'd play at different times than on the U.S. stations, but not any more. Today the Canadian stations simulcast them as much as possible.
Hence as n., a programme transmitted simultaneously by radio and television; ˈsimulcasting vbl. n.
1949Richmond (Va.) News Leader 30 Aug. 12/1 NBC has announced that it will go in for simulcasting in a big way starting this Fall. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media xxxi. 311 In a group of simulcasts of several media done in Toronto a few years back, TV did a strange flip. 1976Broadcast 29 Nov. 6/2 A performance of Benjamin Britten's Cantata for St Nicholas..will be networked..by both the ITV companies and ILR, making it the first nationwide stereo simulcast link-up. 1977Ibid. 28 Mar. 15/3 No simulcasting of PPBs (except during elections). |