cablecast

[ key-buhl-kast, -kahst ]

noun

1. a television program broadcast via cable television.

adjective

1. (of television programs) broadcast via cable:

   a cablecast news program.

verb (used with or without object)

, ca·ble·cast or ca·ble·cast·ed, ca·ble·cast·ing.

1. to broadcast via cable television.

Other Words From

• cable·caster noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cablecast¹

First recorded in 1965–70; cable + (broad)cast