channel-hopping


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Related to channel-hopping: time hopping

channel-hopping

n
(Broadcasting) the activity of changing television channels repeatedly using a remote control device
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channel-hopping

[ˈtʃænlˈhɒpɪŋ] N (Brit) (TV) → zapping m
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The gateway creates a channel-hopping plan and shares it with the end-devices.
I stumbled onto the game while channel-hopping last Sunday and suddenly all I was watching on the screen was 30 players running around in the same colour shirts.
The Beatles legend's channel-hopping habit also helped him discover Ed Sheeran.
ANA will invest in Beeline's ability to innovate through its technology platform, enabling IBDs to modernise and serve channel-hopping consumers.
SUNDERLAND will prioritise the signing of Yann M'Vila this summer before manager Sam Allardyce goes Channel-hopping in search of bargains, writes STUART RAYNER.
7.15pm If you fancy a bit of channel-hopping, SS5 has Real Sociedad v Barcelona.
It was an unexpected treat to have breakfast in bed, do a little bit of channel-hopping and then finding that amazing feast of running and tackling going on Down Under.
Only the briefest of schedules is published daily, yet occasionally when I'm channel-hopping I come across some very good programmes being shown there - some of which are not mentioned in the schedule.
While channel-hopping last week, I came across something called the FIFA Confederations Cup on BBC3.
A few years ago, my channel-hopping son chanced upon a TV station which fuelled a jewellery-making fire in my talented spouse.

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