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slivercasting

slivercasting noun: the delivery of video programming targeted at specialized niche audiences. Also the present participle and gerund of slivercast.

Noun

slivercasting (uncountable)

  1. The delivery of video programming targeted at specialized niche audiences.
    • That’s bad news for those who have high hopes for “narrowcasting,” material aimed at small audiences interested in specific programs and, therefore, prime audiences for specific products — fitness, business, cooking, you name it. As 50- and 100-channel systems come into being, narrowcasting could...1982 May 24, Thomas O'Donnell, Jay Gissen, “A vaster wasteland?”, in Forbes
    • Aimed at niche markets that take advantage of the long tail concept, slivercasting is the practice of showing TVstyle content on the web – and nowhere else.2007, Alan Charlesworth, Key Concepts in e-Commerce, →ISBN

Also used as

slivercasting is also the present participle and gerund of slivercast.

Origin of slivercasting

Blend of sliver + broadcasting.

Questions about slivercasting

What does slivercasting mean?
Slivercasting means the delivery of video programming targeted at specialized niche audiences.
What part of speech is slivercasting?
Slivercasting is a noun.

Words near slivercasting in the dictionary

  1. sliver moon
  2. slivercast
  3. slivercasted
  4. slivercaster
  5. slivercasters
  6. slivercasting
  7. slivercasts
  8. slivered
  9. sliverer
  10. sliverers
  11. slivering

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