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Scheduling & release models · Specialist

Catch-up service

Also called: catch-up TV

ELI5

A service allowing viewers to watch recently transmitted shows after broadcast.

Used in conversation

“Can we make the catch-up service clearer in the season overview?”

Definition

A service allowing viewers to watch recently transmitted programmes after broadcast.

Here “Catch-up service” means: A service allowing viewers to watch recently transmitted programmes after broadcast.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Catch-up service” in scripted television conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains how series are structured, staffed, commissioned, produced and released.

Sources & evidence · 6

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.