narrowcast

narrowcast
/nar"oh kast', -kahst'/, v.i., narrowcast or narrowcasted, narrowcasting. Radio and Television.
to aim a program or programming at a specific, limited audience or sales market.
[1770-80, for an earlier sense; narrow (broad)cast]

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