Free-to-air television, or a free-to-air programme, is broadcast so that anyone with an ordinary aerial (or the normal digital box) can watch it without paying an extra channel fee. You still need a TV and electricity; “free” here means “not a paid extra service”, not “it costs nothing in life”.

Free-to-air television Free-to-air 的電視 or a free-to-air programme或 free-to-air 的節目 is broadcast so that播出的方式是讓 anyone with任何有 an ordinary aerial普通天線 or the normal digital box或一般數位機上盒的人 without paying不用付 an extra channel fee額外的頻道費 can watch it就能收看。 You你 still need還是需要 a TV and electricity電視機和電； here這裡的 “free” free means指的是 “not a paid extra service”不是另外付費的服務 not而不是 “it costs nothing in life”人生中什麼錢都不用花。

It is the opposite of a subscription or encrypted channel you buy. News, some sport, and many evening dramas are still free-to-air in countries that kept that public-broadcast habit.

It它 a subscription or encrypted channel you buy跟你花錢買的訂閱頻道或加密頻道 is the opposite of正好相反。 in countries that kept that public-broadcast habit在保留了那種公共播送習慣的國家裡 News新聞、 some sport一些體育 and many evening dramas和許多晚間戲劇 are still free-to-air仍然是 free-to-air。

It does not mean a YouTube video that happens to be free, and it does not mean cable. In the industry people shorten it to FTA, but learners do not need that.

It它 does not mean不是指 that happens to be free剛好免費的 a YouTube video YouTube 影片 and it does not mean也不是指 cable有線電視。 In the industry在業界 people人們 shorten it to會把它縮寫成 FTA FTA but learners但學習者 do not need that不需要記這個。

The hyphens are part of the usual spelling when the words sit in front of television or channel.

when the words sit in front of當這幾個字放在 television or channel television 或 channel 前面時 The hyphens連字號 are part of the usual spelling是慣用拼法的一部分。