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When I came to England at the very beginning of commercial television it was easy for me because I was only doing one or two shows a week at most. It was really a holiday.
Richard Lester

Meaning of "commercial television" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION

commercial television  [kəˈmɜːʃ əl ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒ ən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Commercial television is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMMERCIAL TELEVISION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Commercial broadcasting

Commercial broadcasting is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship. It was the United States′ first model of radio during the 1920s, in contrast with the public television model in Europe during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s which prevailed worldwide until the 1980s.

Definition of commercial television in the English dictionary

The definition of commercial television in the dictionary is for-profit television companies. Other definition of commercial television is for-profit television channels and the programmes on them.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMMERCIAL TELEVISION


adoption
əˈdɒpʃ ən
Caernarvon
kɑːˈnɑːv ən
connexion
kəˈnɛkʃ ən
cremation
krɪˈmeɪʃ ən
decomposition
ˌdiːkɒmpəˈzɪʃ ən
depletion
dɪˈpliːʃ ən
disruption
dɪsˈrʌpʃ ən
dissemination
dɪˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃ ən
dobson
ˈdɒbs ən
encryption
ɪnˈkrɪpʃ ən
eruption
ɪˈrʌpʃ ən
escalation
ˌɛskəˈleɪʃ ən
evacuation
ɪˌvækjʊˈeɪʃ ən
evaporation
ɪˌvæpəˈreɪʃ ən
eversion
ɪˈvɜːʒ ən
exemption
ɪɡˈzɛmpʃ ən
exploitation
ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃ ən
fabrication
ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃ ən
fascination
ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃ ən
first-person
ˌfɜːstˈpɜːs ən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION

commercial
commercial art
commercial artist
commercial bank
commercial break
commercial college
commercial exploitation
commercial law
commercial paper
commercial traveller
commercial vehicle
commercialese
commercialism
commercialist
commercialistic
commerciality
commercialization
commercialize
commercialized
commercially

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION

cable television
circumcision
collision
commission
decision
division
envision
Eurovision
excision
field of vision
incision
infantry division
night vision
night-vision
precision
provision
revision
subdivision
supervision
television
vision

Synonyms and antonyms of commercial television in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «commercial television» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION

Find out the translation of commercial television to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of commercial television from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «commercial television» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

商用电视
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la televisión comercial
570 millions of speakers

English

commercial television
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वाणिज्यिक टीवी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التلفزيون التجاري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коммерческого телевидения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a televisão comercial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাণিজ্যিক টেলিভিশন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

télévision commercial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Televisyen komersial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Privatfernsehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

民放テレビ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상업 텔레비전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Televisi komersial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quảng cáo ở tivi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வணிக தொலைக்காட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यावसायिक दूरदर्शन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ticari televizyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

televisione commerciale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

telewizja komercyjna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

комерційного телебачення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

televiziune comercial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμπορική τηλεόραση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kommersiële televisie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kommersiell tv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kommersielle TV
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of commercial television

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMERCIAL TELEVISION»

The term «commercial television» is regularly used and occupies the 60.193 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of commercial television
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMERCIAL TELEVISION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «commercial television» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «commercial television» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about commercial television

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QUOTES WITH «COMMERCIAL TELEVISION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word commercial television.
1
Richard Lester
When I came to England at the very beginning of commercial television it was easy for me because I was only doing one or two shows a week at most. It was really a holiday.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMERCIAL TELEVISION»

Discover the use of commercial television in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to commercial television and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Consuming Environments: Television and Commercial Culture
Says ads sell harm to nature
Mike Budd, Clayton M. Steinman, 1999
2
Broadcast Television: A Complete Guide to the Industry
Textbook
Walter McDowell, 2006
3
The Television Studies Reader
The first was that excellence in hroadcasting was incompatihle with large numhers. Policy makers equated popular "mass appeal" programming with commercial television and considered it unworthv of puhlic suhsidv. The second assumption ...
Robert Clyde Allen, Annette Hill, 2004
4
Karlheinz Redekopp and International Commercial Television, ...
Jason Habermeyer. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 exchange, in connection with the acts, practices and courses of business alleged in this complaint. 8. Venue is proper in this District pursuant to ...
Jason Habermeyer
5
Big World, Small Screen: The Role of Television in American ...
Nine psychologists, members of the Task Force on Television and Society appointed by the American Psychological Association, have collaborated on Big World, Small Screen. Three themes guide this work.
‎1992
6
Itv Cultures
Accepted by government, the BBC's monopoly of broadcasting in Britain, funded by a licence fee, was assured. Three years later, however, the Television Act 1954 was passed, which legislated for a new commercial television service in the  ...
Johnson, Rob Turnock, 2005
7
Television After TV: Essays on a Medium in Transition
By focusing on one specific media event and its reception, the so-called Sandrew Television Week in May 1954, I will take a closer look at the discursive frames vis -a-vis commercial television in the Swedish context. After the alluring success ...
Lynn Spigel, Jan Olsson, 2004
8
Silvio Berlusconi: Television, Power and Patrimony
Silvio Berlusconi, a self-made man with a taste for luxurious living, owner of a huge television empire and the politician who likened a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp guard—small wonder that much of democratic Europe and America ...
Paul Ginsborg, 2005
9
Private Television in Western Europe: Content, Markets, Policies
Changesin the commercial televisionand relatedmarkets can be observed whenwelook at the following elements: barriers to entry into the commercial television market; the bargaining power of commercial television operators visàvis other ...
Karen Donders, Caroline Pauwels, Jan Loisen, 2013
10
Granada Television--The First Generation
The purpose of this introduction is to flesh out the background behind these events, providing in the process a necessarily brief guide to the development of commercial television in Britain. It includes a summary of the debates that surrounded ...
John Finch, Michael Cox, Marjorie Giles, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMERCIAL TELEVISION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term commercial television is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Live broadcast for Magarey & HOF
... it will broadcast this year's Magarey Medal and SA Football Hall of Fame event live for the first time on commercial television in eight years. «Adelaide Crows, Jul 15»
2
60 Years With You - Part 1: Fr. Hesburgh's role in building WNDU
Sixty years ago, a young priest running an all-male, world-renowned university decided that Notre Dame would get into commercial television. «WNDU-TV, Jul 15»
3
Dawn Fraser's use of the race card against Nick Kyrgios is frightening
Now, she's dipped her toe into that murky water again in an interview on commercial television. This time, though, she was more Hansonist and ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
4
Eric Holder: Return to Sender
... produced and hosted America's Black Forum, the first nationally syndicated Black news interview program on commercial television. In 1987 ... «The Real News Network, Jul 15»
5
Scripps Networks is not satisfied with results of nc+
The new owner of commercial television company TVN, Scripps Networks Interactive, is not satisfied with the results of the satellite platform nc+ ... «Telecompaper, Jul 15»
6
Today's Stories: CTC Media Inc (NASDAQ:CTCM), Travelport …
... a privately held Russian commercial television broadcasting group, for the purchase of a 75 percent interest in CTC's operating businesses, ... «Citizen Dispatch, Jul 15»
7
BACKGROUND German media giants Axel Springer and …
... ProSieben and Sat.1 in 2000, PROSIEBENSAT.1 is a mass media company that operates commercial television channels, radio stations and ... «Europe Online Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Arizona kids to participate in week-long Odd Squad Day Camp
Eight achieves its mission through the power of non-commercial television, the Internet, educational outreach and community-based initiatives. «Arizona Education News Service, Jul 15»
9
Notable 52-Week Highs and Lows 7/6: (SGYP) (OMG) (AFOP) High …
The Company has received a formal, non-binding offer from UTH Russia, a privately held Russian commercial television broadcasting group, ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»
10
"Death Note" Live-Action TV Drama Gets a Huge Start with 16.9 …
... was the highest record for the first episode of a TV drama started on Japanese commercial television this year, according to Video Research. «Crunchyroll News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Commercial television [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/commercial-television>. Apr 2024 ».
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