narrowcast (past and past participle narrowcast 或 narrowcasted)
[no obj.]transmit a television programme, especially by cable, or otherwise disseminate information, to a comparatively small audience defined by special interest or geographical location (尤指通过电缆为有特殊兴趣或一定区域观众的)小范围播送,以有线电视播放 the channel narrowcasts to over 5,800 pubs and clubs. 这个频道为5,800多酒吧和俱乐部进行小范围有线播送。 [as noun narrowcasting]one journal has avoided the narrowcasting that seems to enslave so many mainstream magazines. 有一家杂志避免了束缚住众多主流杂志的有限传播信息的做法。
noun
[mass noun]transmission or dissemination in this way 小范围播送(或传播),以有线电视播放 [as modifier]dozens of narrowcast niche channels. 许多进行小范围有线电视播送的特定对象频道。 [count noun]most narrowcasts were a service of the BBC. 大多数的小范围播送是BBC的一项服务。
派生 narrowcaster noun 语源
1930s: back-formation from narrowcasting, on the pattern of broadcasting