also: してい
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
watching; viewing; looking and listening
Used for watching and/or listening to audio-visual media such as television, videos, broadcasts, and streams. As 視聴する, it is more formal than simply 見る or 聞く and often takes the content as an object.
授業の前に、指定された動画を視聴してください。
Please watch the assigned video before class.
この番組は海外からも視聴できる。
This program can also be viewed from overseas.
noun
public attention; interest
A formal written use meaning the attention or interest of the public. In everyday modern Japanese, 注目 or 関心 is usually more natural.
その事件は世間の視聴を集めた。
The incident attracted public attention.
noun
signal reception
Technical physics-related use for reception of a signal. This is specialized and much less common than the media-viewing sense.
物理の専門文献では、視聴が信号の受信を指すことがある。
In specialist physics literature, 視聴 can refer to the reception of a signal.