livecast
livecast noun: a webcast that is streamed live, often combined with an integrated chat forum for those watching.
Noun
livecast (plural livecasts)
- A webcast that is streamed live, often combined with an integrated chat forum for those watching.
- Livecasts demonstrate the benefit of streaming technology. Listening to a one-hour livecast that is streamed to the user can be compared to a radio. As the livecast happens, it is streamed down and then becomes history.2006, Jeffrey S. Brown, Susan L. Thomas, J. Peter Bruzzese, CIW Site and E-Commerce Design Study Guide, →ISBN
- “The locals are showing this,” she whispered. “Look, they're going to arrest us on livecast.”2012, Paula Guran, Brave New Love, →ISBN
Verb
livecast (third-person singular simple present livecasts, present participle livecasting, simple past and past participle livecast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) livecasted)
- To create and broadcast a livecast.
- For the first time, a joint press conference at the conclusion of the ECCU regional discussions was held at the ECCB and was livecast simultaneously to the press in all eight ECCU member jurisdictions (including Anguilla and Montserrat, the two non-Fund member territories of the United Kingdom).2005, International Monetary Fund, Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, →ISBN, page 18
- Services such as Qik and Mogulus also allow for livecasting, in addition to offering the ability to broadcast video and support chatroom functionality from a mobile phone.2010, Brian Solis, Engage, →ISBN
Examples of livecast in a sentence
- It invites people to attend a livecast for free.2015, Dan S. Kennedy, Kim Walsh-Phillips, No B.S. Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing, →ISBN, page 244:
- Noticeboards, discussion forums, chat rooms, livecasts, and blogs function as focal sites where views are exchanged, information imparted, and narratives about epidemics constructed.2016, Robert Peckham, Epidemics in Modern Asia, →ISBN, page 40:
- Livecasting isn't for everyone, but those who livecast are passionate about it.2010, Lon Safko, The Social Media Bible, →ISBN:
- Saycast enables members to livecast their own music selection to a wider audience while chatting.2013, Louisa S. Ha, Richard J. Ganahl, Webcasting Worldwide: Business Models of an Emerging Global Medium, →ISBN:
Forms of livecast
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | livecasts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | livecasts |
| present participle | livecasting |
| past participle | livecast |
| past | livecast |
| past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | livecasted |
| past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | livecasted |
Origin of livecast
From live + -cast, from broadcast.
Questions about livecast
- What does livecast mean?
- Livecast means a webcast that is streamed live, often combined with an integrated chat forum for those watching.
- How do you use livecast in a sentence?
- It invites people to attend a livecast for free.
- What part of speech is livecast?
- Livecast can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of livecast?
- The plural of livecast is livecasts.
Words near livecast in the dictionary
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