When the major studios refused to distribute it, he arranged last year for the film to be shown regionally, targeted specifically to church groups.

Some games, even important ones, will be shown only regionally, not nationally the way they have been in recent seasons.

The first season in 1975-1976 was shown regionally on some CBC owned-and-operated stations, the airtime varying.

They would see only those games that ABC selects; many of those games would be shown only regionally, and competition would be nonexistent.

Two of the Tigers' first four games were shown regionally, but the ESPN telecast marked their first national exposure since 1992.

Gone will be nationally broadcast Saturday afternoon games, replaced by 12 weeks of prime-time games shown regionally.

Raycom is paying ABC $1.8 million for six weeks of network air time to put on 26 games that will be shown regionally, like ABC's college football schedule.

Under the deal, starting in 1991 some games, even important ones, would be shown only regionally.

In preliminary overnight Nielsen ratings, the three ABC hockey games, shown regionally, earned a cumulative 2.8.

The programme was shown regionally, meaning each region was free the show the series as and when they liked.