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News service

Of or pertaining to any organisation, agency or person engaged in the business of selling news to the public.

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commentator

News service; Journalism

A broadcaster who is a specialist in a specific area, e.g. cricket or politics, who describes events or games as they are happening or who comments on recent events.

cue

News service; Journalism

(1) To prepare a piece of audio or video so that it starts at the beginning at the press of a button. (2) A signal in a studio that an item is about to start or end.

Freeview

News service; Journalism

A free-to-air digital television partnership in Britain between the BBC, BSkyB and Crown Castle.

subscription radio

News service; Journalism

A radio service only available by paying a fee and usually transmitted by cable or wirelessly in a code which can only be decoded by special paid-for radio receivers.

journalism

News service; Journalism

The communication of current issues and events to an audience in a structured way, usually in relation to a set of generally agreed social principles such as accuracy.

audit

News service; Journalism

An independent assessment of the accuracy of newspaper sales and circulation figures, especially so advertisers can decide where to place their business. See ABC above.

graphic

News service; Journalism

An illustration in a newspaper, magazine or web page explaining part of a story in a visual way, e.g. troop movements in a battle or a calendar of a sequence of events.