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public access television

Meaning of "public access television" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION

ˈpʌblɪk ˈækses ˌtelɪˈvɪʒən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Public access television is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Public-access television

Public-access television is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable TV specialty channels. Public-access television was created in the United States between 1969 and 1971 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under Chairman Dean Burch, based on pioneering work and advocacy of George Stoney, Red Burns (Alternate Media Center and Sidney Dean (City Club of NY). Public-Access Television is often grouped with public, educational, and government access television channels, by the acronym PEG. PEG Channels are typically only available on cable television systems.

Definition of public access television in the English dictionary

The definition of public access television in the dictionary is television in which local producers or individuals can participate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION

cablevision · decision · division · envision · Eurovision · misdivision · night-vision · occasion · precision · pretelevision · prevision · provision · redivision · reprovision · revision · stereovision · subdivision · supervision · television · vision

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION

public · public affairs · public analyst · public assistance · public bar · public bill · public building · public company · public convenience · public corporation · public debt · public defender · public domain · public enemy · public enemy number one · public enquiry · public enterprise · public examination · public expenditure · public footpath

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION

blurred vision · cable television · cell division · circumcision · collision · colour television · commercial television · commission · concision · double vision · educational television · excision · field of vision · incision · indecision · infantry division · interactive television · long division · night vision · panzer division · satellite television

Synonyms and antonyms of public access television in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «public access television» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION

Find out the translation of public access television to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of public access 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 «public access television» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

公共电视台的访问
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

televisión de acceso público
570 millions of speakers
en

English

public access television
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सार्वजनिक उपयोग टेलीविजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التلفزيون وصول الجمهور
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

телевидение доступ общественности
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

televisão de acesso público
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পাবলিক এক্সেস টেলিভিশন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

la télévision publique
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Televisyen akses awam
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Zugang der Öffentlichkeit Fernsehen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

パブリックアクセステレビ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

공용 액세스 텔레비전
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Televisi akses umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

truyền hình truy cập công cộng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பொது அணுகல் தொலைக்காட்சி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सार्वजनिक प्रवेश दूरदर्शन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Kamuya açık televizyon
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

televisione accesso del pubblico
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Dostęp do telewizji publicznej
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

телебачення доступ громадськості
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

televiziune accesul public
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόσβαση του κοινού τηλεόραση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

openbare toegang TV
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

allmänhetens tillgång tv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

offentlig tilgang TV
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of public access television

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of public access television
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about public access television

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION»

Discover the use of public access television in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to public access television and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Public Access Television: America's Electronic Soapbox
In this review of the background and development of public access television, the author offers the necessary information needed to understand the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings as well as the nuts and bolts of public access ...
Laura R. Linder, 1999
2
Television Studies: The Key Concepts
The US model for access production has possibly come the closest to realising the potential of public access television. During the 1970s, the Fed- eral Communications Commission declared that with the introduc- tion of cable television ...
Ben Calvert, Neil Casey, Bernadette Casey, 2007
3
The Television Studies Reader
Eric Freedman's essay discusses public access television and its relation to the community television movement in the US, which, as he puts it, "aspired to use TV as a means of communication and empowerment without interference from ...
Robert Clyde Allen, Annette Hill, 2004
4
Encyclopedia of Television 4 Vol Set
Public access television has been one of the most interesting and controversial developments in the intersection between media and democracy within the past several decades. Beginning in the 1970s, cable systems began to offer access ...
Horace Newcomb, 2014
5
Recovering a Public Vision for Public Television
In the years since, public speech and cultural diversity have been sustaining commitments of public access television and community radio. Both have sought to invigorate democratic media practice in the U.S. Despite the similarities between ...
Glenda R. Balas, 2003
6
Speech Rights in America: The First Amendment, Democracy, ...
Though public-access television emanated from an empowering view of speech rights, the Court has never fully validated this vision. Public-access television and its users lack a secure legal standing with respect to speech rights. Numerous ...
Laura Stein, 2006
7
The Daily Planet: A Critic on the Capitalist Culture Beat
Public access television, imagined by Congress as "the video equivalent of the speaker's soap box or the electronic parallel to the printed leaflet" (U.S. House 1984, 21-22), has a unique function on television, which usually is one of the most ...
Patricia Aufderheide, 2000
8
Communities of the Air: Radio Century, Radio Culture
Public Access Television as an Alternative Model for American Mass Media Public access television is a case in point. Within a political economy of television dominated by professionally produced programming and large, interlocking ...
Susan Merrill Squier, 2003
9
Battleground: O-Z
The direct precursor to public access television in the United States was Challenge for Change, a program of the National Film Board of Canada, directed between 1968 and 1970 by George Stoney, widely considered the father of public ...
Robin Andersen, Jonathan Alan Gray, 2008
10
American Media and Mass Culture: Left Perspectives
National surveys of viewer preferences for cable programs also indicate that public access is a high priority for many viewers.4 Thus there is definitely a receptive and growing audience for public access television, and the possibility of left ...
Donald Lazere, 1987

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term public access television is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Stephen Colbert and Eminem Rock Bob Seger on Michigan Public
Satirist Stephen Colbert dropped in under the radar the other day and hosted the 40-minute “Only in Monroe” public access television talk show. And “Only in ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
2
Students, residents benefit from Swansea Public Access TV studio …
Swansea Public Access Television is now set up for viewers to watch meetings and other programming in high-definition online — anytime, anywhere and on ... «Fall River Herald News, Feb 15»
3
LMN-PATV goes dark: Lack of funding closes Lower Merion …
Two elements are certain, though, The non-profit organization that has operated the station since 2006, Lower Merion and Narberth Public Access Television, ... «Main Line, Oct 14»
4
Public access television: It could thrive if Congress lifted restriction
Community media centers, sometimes known as public access TV stations, act as information hubs. The intent of these centers is to provide equipment, training ... «San Jose Mercury News, Aug 14»
5
Focus Springfield Community Television gets new studio to go with …
The opening, held by Focus Springfield Community Television, marked the beginning of a new era for public access television in Springfield, station manager ... «MassLive.com, Jun 14»
6
Cable Companies Urged to Make Public Access Television Shows …
Many cable companies refuse to list the titles of shows that air on public access television stations in their on-screen guides. Now media activists are pushing for ... «Democracy Now, Aug 13»
7
Why Public Access Television Is Important and You Should Fight For …
In May of 2009, I became a public access television producer. Couldn't have picked a worse time. Not because I don't enjoy hosting and co-producing Media ... «Huffington Post, Feb 10»
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