Thesaurus Dictionary
Synonyms and antonyms of Television and radio channels and organizations in British Thesaurus
Television and radio channels and organizations
ABC ()
American Broadcasting Corporation: one of the major television broadcasting companies in the US
ABC ()
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: one of the major television companies in Australia
Auntie ()
an informal name for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
the BBC ()
the British Broadcasting Corporation: an organization that broadcasts television and radio programmes and is owned by the British government. It does not have advertising and is paid for by the licence fee (=money paid every year by people who own a television).
the Beeb (British)
Britishinformal the BBC
the headquarters of the BBC in London. People sometimes talk about Broadcasting House to refer to the BBC as an organization.
CBC ()
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: a Canadian television company that receives money from the government
CBS ()
Columbia Broadcasting System: one of the major television broadcasting companies in the US
channel (noun)
a television station and the programmes that it broadcasts
CNN ()
Cable News Network: a US organization that broadcasts news on television 24 hours a day to countries all over the world
franchise (noun)
an arrangement under which a television or radio company is allowed to broadcast in a particular area of the country, or a railway company is allowed to operate trains in a particular area
ITN ()
Independent Television News: a British organization that prepares news reports for several independent television stations
ITV ()
Independent Television: a group of British companies that broadcast television programmes paid for by advertisements
local radio (noun)
radio stations that broadcast programmes to particular areas, not to the whole of a country
MTV ()
music television: a US television company that broadcasts music videos
NBC ()
National Broadcasting Company: one of the major television broadcasting companies in the US
network (noun)
a group of companies that broadcast the same television or radio programmes throughout a large area, or a company that produces or sells the rights to such broadcasts
PBS (noun)
Public Broadcasting Service: a US television company that broadcasts programmes without advertisements
public television (noun)
television in the US that is owned and operated by community organizations, local government, and universities, and that emphasizes educational programmes
side (noun)
Britishinformal a television channel
station (noun)
a company that broadcasts television or radio programmes
station (noun)
a signal on a radio or television from a particular broadcasting company
station (noun)
the building where a radio or television company broadcasts from
a US radio service that broadcasts news and other programmes to countries around the world
a British radio service, part of the BBC, which broadcasts news and other programmes to countries all over the world