cablecast

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noun

A telecast via cable television.

“We will cablecast the final game on this station.”

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Meanings

nouncablecast (plural cablecasts)

plural cablecasts

  1. A telecast via cable television.
    1 more example

    The festival is produced collaboratively by several Boston-area public access communities, but it represents the collaboration of women around the world. Interviews, excerpts from submitted tapes, and live segments are combined for a five-hour live cablecast on International Women's Day in the Boston area.

    1989 December 17, Kelly Gaines, “International Women's Day Videos Sought”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 2
verbcablecast (third-person singular simple present cablecasts, present participle cablecasting, simple past and past participle cablecast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) cablecasted)

present singular third person cablecasts · participle present cablecasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes cablecasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes cablecasted

  1. To originate a video and audio program by using a broadcast station or infrastructure focused on cable television operation.

    We will cablecast the final game on this station.

adjectivecablecast (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebroadcast via cable television

    Cablecast programs are as popular as many broadcast programs.

Origin

From cable + -cast, from broadcast.

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APA

cablecast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cablecast

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“cablecast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cablecast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cablecast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cablecast.

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