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broadcast delay
noun
A very brief postponement, achieved by technical means, often used in the public broadcasting of live radio or television programs in order to provide sufficient time to edit out undesired content, such as profanity or coughing.
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"broadcast delay" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a term used in broadcasting to refer to a period of time during which a live show is deliberately delayed in order to prevent any inappropriate content from being broadcast. For example, "The broadcast delay was five minutes long, giving the director enough time to edit the speech for obscenities."
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They slipped in the odd condemnation at the British film awards, despite the BBC's broadcast delay designed to edit such stuff out.
Or even Shaun Ryder swearing on TFI Friday, which led to the show being pre-recorded, and arguably the idea of broadcast delay taking hold?
Several news outlets said that the broadcast delay had been mainly caused by a lack of equipment at the network that could play amateur format videotapes.
"There's a seven-second broadcast delay, so if things get really raunchy, we can just cut to one of our man-in-the-street interviews," said Bonnie Hammer, Sci Fi's executive vice president and general manager.
The single-hop WiNoC also had better broadcast delay results for every scenario and workload.
Using (2) and (3), the broadcast delay was calculated to be 16.12 msec.
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Their role was to telephone goals, corner kicks and throw-ins the instant they happened, and with the broadcast delayed by a minute or less in Asia, bets could be placed and won at the touch of a button.
"The Great British Baking Show" makes its way to PBS on a seemingly arbitrary schedule, but if one has to endure frustrating broadcast delays in order to encounter the most charming food show currently airing, well, that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
Fig. 4 Broadcast delays.
As shown in Figure 6, the broadcast delays are much higher (up to 45 sec), which is expected because all MNs must be contacted individually and their response must be obtained until the total round trip is completed.
Fig. 12 Broadcast communication delay.
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