bi-mediaadj.
/bʌɪˈmiːdɪə/ Involving or working in two of the mass communication media, esp. radio and television.
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1985 Time 16 Sept. 65/1 Moviegoers made a bimedia star of Family Ties' Michael J. Fox, whose Back to the Future and Teen Wolf were the biggest box-office winners of the past two weeks.
1989 Sunday Tel. 26 Nov. 43/4 The broadcasters will emerge from their temporary burrows in Bridge Street, in Central Hall and the Dean of Westminster's air raid shelter and install themselves in a grand ‘bi-media’ centre at Number 4 Millbank.
1990 Times 2 Feb. 14/3 Jones and his colleagues were the first truly ‘bi-media’ correspondents by virtue of their contributions to television news.
1993 Sunday Times 13 June ix. 15/5 Humphrys's contract specifies that he reads BBC1's Six O'Clock News for 30 days a year, and that of James Cox specifies he devote 184 days to BBC2's Newsnight and 20 to The World At One. That is the Birtist ‘bi-media’ revolution in action.
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biˈmedialism n. a system (spec. in the BBC) under which members of staff work both in radio and in television, and the resources available for the two media are shared.
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1993 Guardian 14 July i. 6/3 It's already clear in news and current affairs that bimedialism means television first and radio a very poor second.
1997 Daily Tel. 13 May 17/7 Clearly, the benefits of bimedialism, last year's uniting of television and radio production resources, have yet to show up on the small screen.
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