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cable television

American  

noun

  1. a system of broadcasting television programming to private subscribers by means of coaxial cable.

cable television British  

noun

  1. a television service in which programmes are distributed to subscribers' televisions by cable rather than by broadcast transmission

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Joseph Collins, a cable television executive who pioneered broadband, died April 2 at his home in Weekapaug, R.I., at 81.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Joseph Collins, a longtime cable television executive who helped pioneer the industry’s transition to broadband, died April 2 at his home in Weekapaug, R.I.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Paramount’s offer includes acquiring HBO, the Burbank studios and Warner’s cable television channels like CNN and HGTV.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Since accepting Netflix’s $82.7 billion bid in early December, the Warner Bros. board has twice formally rejected Paramount’s competing $108 billion bid, questioning its financing and the way it valued the cable television business.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

Because the mountains interfered with reception, in 1954 he erected an antenna on a high ridge and provided one of the first cable television systems in the United States as a free service.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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