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Noun: broadcasting  'brod,kãs-ting
  1. A medium that disseminates via telecommunications
    - broadcast medium
     
  2. Taking part in a radio or tv program
Verb: broadcast (broadcast, also broadcasted)  'brod,kãst
  1. (broadcast medium) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
    "We cannot broadcast this X-rated song";
    - air, send, beam, transmit
     
  2. (farming) sow over a wide area, especially by hand
    "broadcast seeds"
     
  3. Cause to become widely known
    "broadcast the news";
    - circulate, circularize, circularise [Brit], distribute, disseminate, propagate, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

Derived forms: broadcastings

Type of: air, bare, mass medium, medium, publicise [Brit], publicize, seed, sow, telecom, telecommunication

Encyclopedia: Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Bureau

Broadcast, unknown-unicast and multicast traffic