webcast
/ˈwɛbkɑːst
/noun
A video broadcast of an event transmitted across the Internet.CD-Roms, video tapes, multimedia events and live webcasts are all part of the package when it comes to capturing the public's attention....
- Traditional broadcasters, with a live webcast of their output, were joined by new internet-based stations.
- There have been videoconferences, webcasts, satellite broadcasts and exchanges between scientists on a secure website.
verb (past and past participle webcast) [with object]
Broadcast (an event) on the Internet: services from St John’s are webcast once a week (as noun webcasting) webcasting will make a big difference in promoting public understanding of our work...
- Eighteen hours of the business week will be webcast live on the Internet.
- These seminars will also be webcast live.
- This conference call is being webcast live at our Web site, and it will be available for replay approximately two hours after the conclusion of this call.
Derivatives
webcaster
- ‘For the smaller commercial webcasters, it's a good deal,’ he said.
- It has lobbied hard to tighten its grip on alternative promotional channels recently, forcing many small webcasters off the air by imposing royalties that traditional radio stations don't have to pay.
- What you have is a situation where the larger webcasters have what they want, and don't want us small guys to rock the boat and endanger their precious settlement.
Origin
1990s: from web, in the sense 'World Wide Web', and broadcast.
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