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retransmission

American  
[ree-tranz-mish-uhn, -trans-] / ˌri trænzˈmɪʃ ən, -træns- /

noun

  1. the act or process of transmitting again or the fact of being transmitted again.


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More stations, especially in the same markets, would give operators better bargaining power to negotiate higher fees from cable companies and lower retransmission rates from national TV companies, analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

DirecTV filed a federal lawsuit earlier this year in New York alleging that Nexstar had conspired with two other companies to illegally raise retransmission consent fees charged to pay-TV operators.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2023

Pay-TV providers pay retransmission fees to station owners to broadcast their content.

From Reuters Mar. 14, 2023

So far, Broens says, there is no evidence of such retransmission from dogs and cats back into humans.

From Scientific American Jul. 20, 2021

It is possible that this peculiarity may arise from the greater variety of impressions with which the sight is daily struck, and which memory communicates by association or retransmission.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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