snack TV
n.— «The content of YouTube (and Guba, Veoh and an army of imitators) includes home movies and viral (emailed) videos, amateur comedy and drama, short films, music videos and a mountain of copyright-breaching clips from well-known films and TV shows. It is a buffet of what is known as “snack TV”: light, bright and digestible.» —“DIY programming” by Michael Idato The Age (Melbourne, Australia) Aug. 1, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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