Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
cadena televisiva
English translation:
chain (TV) broadcast / (nationwide) simultaneous (TV) broadcast
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Spanish term
Cadena televisiva; o Cadena de television
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Media / Multimedia
This is a term used to describe the collective broadcasting, by all network television stations, of the same exact thing, at the same exact time--usually, a President making an important speech or something of this monumental nature.
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +5 | chain (TV) broadcast / (nationwide) simultaneous (TV) broadcast | Jennifer Levey |
5 | television network | MarinaM |
4 -1 | national broadcast | Austinterpret |
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Nov 13, 2007 17:12: mediamatrix (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "Media / Multimedia"
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Proposed translations
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chain (TV) broadcast / (nationwide) simultaneous (TV) broadcast
In the US this is called 'chain broadcast'. The following extract is from http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vo...
[ Footnote 1 ] Chain broadcasting is defined in 3(p) of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C.A. 153(p), as the 'simultaneous broadcasting of an identical program by two or more connected stations'. In actual practice, programs are transmitted by wire, usually leased telephone lines, from their point of origination to each station in the network for simultaneous broadcast over the air.
More generally, the term '(nationwide) simultaneous broadcast' is used, as here:
DefenseLink News Article: Sailor's Mom, Friends of Military ...That was the day hundreds of radio stations nationwide and sailors and Marines ... "We'd like to do another simultaneous broadcast of the National Anthem on ...
www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=29294 - 49k - Cached - Similar pages
Attacks on the Press 2003: AmericasChávez continued to use cadenas—nationwide simultaneous radio and television ... to determine whether they had violated media broadcast regulations. ...
www.cpj.org/attacks03/americas03/ven.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
CPJ News Alert 2007This would compel RCTV to broadcast a certain amount of nationally produced ... cadenas—his nationwide simultaneous radio and television broadcasts—live. ...
www.cpj.org/news/2007/americas/ven31july07na.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-11-14 13:24:13 GMT)
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In response to the various doubts about this term, I would add the following:
I've known the expression 'cadena televisa' in Latin America since the mid 1970s when I worked at local radio stations in Honduras; there was (perhaps still is) a law that required all stations to carry certain programmes originated by the government. I was personally involved in organizing a 'cadena radiodifusora' in Guatemala following the February 1976 earthquake. In those days (and perhaps even now in some countries...) the stations set up these 'cadenas/chains' simply by picking up and re-broadcasting the signal from their nearest neighbour - in much the same way as kids join hands to form as human chain.
The description given by antsoa corresponds exactly to this concept: the interlinking of all the country's stations to carry a common programme - most commonly a political address or some kind of propaganda (including 'Party Political Broadcasts' during election time in the UK, for example, so it's not restricted to Latin America).
Without getting into politics here, we may note that one frequent user of this medium is the President of Venezuela, as mentioned in the links above.
[ Footnote 1 ] Chain broadcasting is defined in 3(p) of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C.A. 153(p), as the 'simultaneous broadcasting of an identical program by two or more connected stations'. In actual practice, programs are transmitted by wire, usually leased telephone lines, from their point of origination to each station in the network for simultaneous broadcast over the air.
More generally, the term '(nationwide) simultaneous broadcast' is used, as here:
DefenseLink News Article: Sailor's Mom, Friends of Military ...That was the day hundreds of radio stations nationwide and sailors and Marines ... "We'd like to do another simultaneous broadcast of the National Anthem on ...
www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=29294 - 49k - Cached - Similar pages
Attacks on the Press 2003: AmericasChávez continued to use cadenas—nationwide simultaneous radio and television ... to determine whether they had violated media broadcast regulations. ...
www.cpj.org/attacks03/americas03/ven.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
CPJ News Alert 2007This would compel RCTV to broadcast a certain amount of nationally produced ... cadenas—his nationwide simultaneous radio and television broadcasts—live. ...
www.cpj.org/news/2007/americas/ven31july07na.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-11-14 13:24:13 GMT)
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In response to the various doubts about this term, I would add the following:
I've known the expression 'cadena televisa' in Latin America since the mid 1970s when I worked at local radio stations in Honduras; there was (perhaps still is) a law that required all stations to carry certain programmes originated by the government. I was personally involved in organizing a 'cadena radiodifusora' in Guatemala following the February 1976 earthquake. In those days (and perhaps even now in some countries...) the stations set up these 'cadenas/chains' simply by picking up and re-broadcasting the signal from their nearest neighbour - in much the same way as kids join hands to form as human chain.
The description given by antsoa corresponds exactly to this concept: the interlinking of all the country's stations to carry a common programme - most commonly a political address or some kind of propaganda (including 'Party Political Broadcasts' during election time in the UK, for example, so it's not restricted to Latin America).
Without getting into politics here, we may note that one frequent user of this medium is the President of Venezuela, as mentioned in the links above.
Peer comment(s):
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canaria
3 mins
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agree |
Maria Kisic
13 mins
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agree |
Sarah Weston
: yes, I would say nationwide simultaneous broadcast for the UK
29 mins
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neutral |
moken
: This answers the askers definition, but I must say, I have never heard either "c. televisiva" or "c. de televisión" used in such a way. I know you specialize in the field, so maybe you could explain it to me. Txs. :O) :O)
5 hrs
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disagree |
MarinaM
: La pregunta es por "cadena televisiva"
5 hrs
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agree |
beatricepeaslee
: I would say "simultaneous television broadcast" just to make it clear that it's TV.
5 hrs
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agree |
Sandra Rodriguez
: simultaneous TV broadcast
8 hrs
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agree |
Mariana Costa
6 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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television network
HTH
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Cynthia Herber, LL.M.
3 mins
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¡Gracias Cynthia!
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agree |
Rosina Peixoto
4 mins
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¡Gracias!
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psicutrinius
: Exacto. Y en España es "cadena de televisión".
5 mins
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Y en Argentina "cadena nacional". Gracias!
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Jennifer Levey
: Not in this context - a 'cadena (nacional) de televisión' is a temporary 'network of networks'.// Sorry, but 'Television network broadcasting' is not right either...
8 mins
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Exactamente. "Television network broadcasting"
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disagree |
Maria Kisic
: not in this context
20 mins
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disagree |
Sarah Weston
: as Maria says, not in this context
37 mins
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agree |
Maria523
5 hrs
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¡Gracias Maria!
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disagree |
J- Kloninger
: not in this context
2 days 1 hr
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9 mins
national broadcast
hope it helps
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-11-13 17:25:19 GMT)
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eg; " in a national broadcast, such and such declared this and that"
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Note added at 29 mins (2007-11-13 17:32:08 GMT)
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in a live national broadcast
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-11-13 17:25:19 GMT)
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eg; " in a national broadcast, such and such declared this and that"
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Note added at 29 mins (2007-11-13 17:32:08 GMT)
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in a live national broadcast
Peer comment(s):
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Sarah Weston
: national broadcast could be on just one channel, for example a programme on the BBC would be a national broadcast in the UK.
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as mentioned,i think "live national broadcast" implies the same thing,and probably how we would hear it from each network also "live national address" also implies the same notion albeit more politically inclined
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