Key Vocabulary List. TV or radio programme

 

TV or radio programme

broadcast, political / educational / news broadcast

documentary, docudrama, infotainment, news bulletin, current affairs programmes, running commentary

show, quiz show, talk / chat show, game show, variety show

sports programmes, music programmes, weather forecast, news coverage

soap opera, sitcom

clip, serial, episode

commercial break / spot / slot, commercials for (food)

to appear at quarter-hour periods

a TV crew: a reporter, a correspondent, a television journalist, a newsreader / TV presenter, an anchor, an anchorwoman, a news gatherer, a camera operator, a disk jockey (DJ)

to present a programme, to run a programme, locally-run programme

to host a programme / a show, a programme host

to have state subsidy

to be financed through advertising / by TV licence fees / by annual charge on viewers / by compulsory annual payments / by trading activities / by selling price to a reader

to sponsor programmes

to be on (the) air, to go on (the) air

to broadcast nationwide

to be biased / unbiased, to be impartial, impartiality

to present news efficiently, interestingly and without bias;

to have a (high) reputation for objectivity

to give a false impression of smth

hype, to be hyped up by the media

fair / balanced reporting

to develop a theme in depth

to set forth one’s arguments

to have influence on the content of the programmes

viewing time, viewers, viewing habits

to highlight, to be in the spotlight

to reflect the cultural mix of society

to cater for minority tastes

popular viewing time/ hours, prime-time/ peak-time/ slot

prime-time programmes

ratings, ratings battles/ ratings wars, ratings lists, to head the ratings lists

to be broadcast live, to do smth live, a live broadcast, a live interview

to be recorded for broadcast later

footage of an event, dramatic footage

to be free from state control

to tune in, to receive/ pick up broadcasts, to switch to a channel

vox-pop interview, talking heads

photogenic/ telegenic

privacy, invasion of privacy, breach of privacy

intrusive reporting

paparazzo/ paparazzi pl

doorstepping

bug, bugging

to make notes in shorthand

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