The Tyson-Spinks fight can reach about half that number because promoters in some areas have blacked out pay-per-view in favor of closed-circuit broadcasts.

President Bush inadvertently supplied the answer on Tuesday in a closed-circuit broadcast from the White House to a convention in Anaheim, Calif.

A closed-circuit broadcast, if there is one, would be the nation's first, but whether the witnesses would be in large or small groups is not known.

Admiral Tarrant watched them checking over their equipment one last time as he waited to one side of the lectern for the closed-circuit broadcast to begin.

A closed-circuit broadcast done as a fundraiser for Dismas House (the first halfway house for ex-convicts).

He formed the Home Entertainment Company, followed by Subscription Television Inc., which offered sporting events fed to movie houses via closed-circuit broadcasts.

Burt Lancaster served as a color commentator for the closed-circuit broadcast.

Some of them had booked in advance people who witnessed the closed-circuit broadcast and provided limousines to whisk them to the memorial.

Gov. Frank Keating, who became a national figure in the aftermath of the bombing, attended the closed-circuit broadcast and then went to the memorial.

If Mr. Ashcroft did not allow the closed-circuit broadcast, only eight victim witnesses would be able to watch the execution in person in Indiana.