Narrowcast Definition

nărō-kăst
narrowcasting, narrowcasts
verb
To communicate or transmit (a signal, a message, or content, such as audio or video programming) to a specific group of recipients simultaneously over a communication network.
A mailing list narrowcasting marketing information over the Internet.
American Heritage
To transmit, esp. by cable television, to a specialized or selected audience.
Webster's New World
To communicate or transmit a signal, a message, or content, such as audio or video programming, to a specific group of recipients simultaneously over a communication network.
American Heritage
noun
The act of narrowcasting.
Webster's New World
A program that is narrowcast.
Webster's New World
A programme transmitted in this manner.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Narrowcast

Noun

Singular:
narrowcast
Plural:
narrowcasts

Origin of Narrowcast

  • From narrow, by analogy with broadcast

    From Wiktionary

  • narrow (broad)cast

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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