ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Television broadcasting

Okay kiddo, do you know what television is? Great! So television broadcasting is how television shows get sent to your television.

Imagine you have a special machine in your house that can turn pictures and sounds into electronic signals, kind of like magic. TV broadcasting is all about sending those electronic signals from the place where the TV show is made, like a studio or a sports arena, to your special machine at home.

To do this, TV stations use big antennas or cables to send these signals over long distances. It's kind of like how you can talk to your friend on the phone even if they are far away. The TV station sends out the signal and your special machine at home receives it and turns it back into pictures and sounds.

Now, there are different kinds of TV broadcasting. Some stations use antennas to send their signals through the air, while others use special cables that go through the ground to send their signals to your house. And some stations are available through the internet, sending signals through a different kind of magic.

Either way, the goal is the same - to send those electronic signals from the TV station to your special machine, so you can watch your favorite shows and movies on your television screen. And that's all there is to it!