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Meaning of "free-to-air" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FREE-TO-AIR

free-to-air play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FREE-TO-AIR

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Free-To-Air 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 FREE-TO-AIR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Free-to-air

Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription, other ongoing cost or one-off fee. In the traditional sense, this is carried on terrestrial radio signals and received with an antenna. FTA also refers to channels and broadcasters providing content for which no subscription is expected, even though they may be delivered to the viewer/listener by another carrier for which a subscription is required, e.g. cable, satellite or the Internet. These carriers may be mandated in some geographies to deliver FTA channels even if a premium subscription is not present, especially where FTA channels are expected to be used for emergency broadcasts, similar to the 112 emergency service provided by mobile phone operators and manufacturers. Free-to-view is, generally, available without subscription but is digitally encoded and may be restricted geographically.

Definition of free-to-air in the English dictionary

The definition of free-to-air in the dictionary is a system of television for which viewers do not have to subscribe or pay.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FREE-TO-AIR

free-market economy
free-marketeer
free-range
free-range chicken
free-range egg
free-range poultry
free-running
free-select
free-selection
free-selector
free-spirited
free-spoken
free-spokenly
free-spokenness
free-swimmer
free-swimming
free-trade zone
free-trader
free-will
free-will offering

WORDS THAT END LIKE FREE-TO-AIR

a breath of fresh air
affair
air
air-to-air
Blair
chair
Clair
fair
ground-to-air
hair
heavier-than-air
hot air
in the air
off-air
pair
plein-air
repair
sair
surface-to-air
up in the air

Synonyms and antonyms of free-to-air in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «free-to-air» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FREE-TO-AIR

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

Translator English - Chinese

自由 - 空气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

libre-a- aire
570 millions of speakers

English

free-to-air
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुक्त करने के लिए हवा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجانا على الهواء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесплатно- воздух
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

free-to -air
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উন্মুক্ত বাতাসে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

free-to- air
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bebas ke udara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Free-to -Air-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無料放送
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무료 방송
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Free-to-air
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

free-to -air
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலவச இருந்து காற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्री टू एअर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

free-to-air
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

free-to -air
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

free-to -air
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безкоштовно -повітря
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

free- to-air
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

free - to- air
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gratis -tot-lug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

free-to- air
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fri - til-luft
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of free-to-air

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FREE-TO-AIR»

The term «free-to-air» is regularly used and occupies the 58.177 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FREE-TO-AIR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about free-to-air

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREE-TO-AIR»

Discover the use of free-to-air in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to free-to-air and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Build Your Own Free-to-Air (FTA) Satellite TV System
Photos and diagrams illustrate each step along the way. Comprehensive lists of technical terms and definitions, available channels and satellites, and dish-aiming steps are also included in this practical guide.
Dennis C. Brewer, 2011
2
Build Your Own Free-to-Air (FTA) Satellite TV System
Photos and diagrams illustrate each step along the way. Comprehensive lists of technical terms and definitions, available channels and satellites, and dish-aiming steps are also included in this practical guide.
Dennis C. Brewer, 2011
3
The Economics of Sport and the Media
The other top club competition in European soccer, the Champions League, offers a mixture of free-to-air and pay-TV programming. Top matches involving national teams, including broadcast rights for the World Cup and the European ...
Claude Jeanrenaud, Stefan Késenne, 2006
4
Handbook of Research on Sport and Business
and the Arts to list in a formal notice events that should be available on free-to-air television for viewing by the general public. The first list was gazetted in the Broadcasting Services (Events) Notice No. 1 of 1994 (Australian Government, 2010).
S. Sšderman, H. Dolles, 2013
5
Free-to-Air: Free-to-Air, Al Arabiya, Mbc Max, Rainews 24,
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books LLC, 2010
6
Australian Sport--better by Design?: The Evolution of ...
'The anti-siphoning list aims to safeguard the interests of those in the Australian community without access to pay TV by ensuring free to air coverage of important sporting events', said Professor Flint. 'The rules were not intended to limit the ...
Bob Stewart, 2004
7
The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights
of an event does not necessarily guarantee its coverage on free-to-air television, only that free-to-air broadcasters will have the opportunity to obtain the rights to broadcast an event before pay-TV broadcasters. Furthermore, to deter free-to-air  ...
Tom Evens, Petros Iosifidis, Paul Smith, 2013
8
International Telecommunications Law [2008]
The anti-siphoning list does not compel free-to-air broadcasters to acquire the rights to listed events. The Minister amended the current anti-siphoning list on 11 May 2004 and determined a new anti-siphoning list to commence on 1 January ...
Dennis, Editor Campbell, Dennis Campbell, 2008
9
Channel 4 annual report: third report of session 2009-10, ...
First, the years in which the digital channels were available only on pay TV ("the pay TV years"); and second, the years after Channel 4 took the strategic decision to shift the digital channels to free-to-air TV ("the free-to-air years"). Film4 was ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 2010
10
Professional Marketing and Advertising Essays and Assignments:
Introduction: The Television Industry has been running now for the last 49 years, it consists of 5 free-to-air television stations (ABC, Seven Network, Nine Network, Ten Network and SBS) and 3 pay-tv stations. Two of the five free-to-air networks ...
Tony Ma, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREE-TO-AIR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term free-to-air is used in the context of the following news items.
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Free-to-air whip-round wins Six Nations rights as pay-TV suffers rare …
But the cash-strapped terrestrial broadcasters have pooled their resources to keep the tournament on free-to-air television, agreeing a joint ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
2
Will s*** hit the fan over changes?
A NEW code of conduct for commercial free-to-air networks could see language once considered too blue for families broadcast into living ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
3
3e to air Conor McGregor's highly anticipated UFC fight
3e will air Saturday's UFC 189 bout, between Conor McGregor and Chad Mendes, on Monday 13th July in a free-to-air delayed broadcast of ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
4
BBC and ITV keep Six Nations on free-to-air TV with six-year joint deal
“As ITV prepares to bring viewers exclusive, free-to-air live coverage of the Rugby World Cup later this year, we're delighted to be ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
GOtv to introduce subscription fee for free-to-air subscribers
The Communications Authority of Kenya has been notified about a move by GOtv to introduce an annual subscription fee for free-to-air ... «Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Jul 15»
6
The first free-to-Air 4K channel in Europe is…… A German shopping …
While it may be a major achievement in broadcast history, the first free-to-air broadcast TV 4K channel in European history doesn't exactly fuel ... «4k, Jul 15»
7
Free-to-air Ashes the key to grassroots recovery
Events such as the Ashes should be made free-to-air to allow more people to see the action (8.2 million was the highest audience watching the ... «Malton and Pickering Mercury, Jul 15»
8
BBC and ITV join forces to keep Six Nations free-to-air
According to The Guardian, the BBC have joined forces with ITV in order to secure the rights over Sky, who were allowed to bid for the first time in an attempt to ... «JOE.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Alesana Tuilagi wreaking havoc
Winston Peters wants state-owned TVNZ to run a free-to-air sports channel covering big events such as All Black Tests. Shaun Johnsons last-minute solo ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
10
Free-to-air Olympic broadcasting being minimised, says EBU
The IOC's new approach to issuing broadcasting rights in Europe will reduce free-to-air obligations to a minimum, according to the European ... «Around the Rings, Jul 15»

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