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retransmission

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[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

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

That has put pressure on companies whose content flows through those distribution pipes to gain scale to better negotiate with those providers on issues like retransmission fees.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2017

The determination of what is reasonable is done by TCP's retransmission algorithm.

From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Ed Krol

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