cable television
Americannoun
noun
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“Emeril Live” turned Food Network into one of the fastest-growing cable television networks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Thompson said recently that a study commissioned by CNN showed that some 18 million Americans who had ditched cable television since the coronavirus pandemic would be "very interested" in paying for standalone subscriptions.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
CNN would thus wind up part of a highly-indebted public company with weak growth prospects and still on cable television, which has been losing millions of subscribers in the United States each year.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
Until their repeal, these rules allowed the flourishing of independent production houses and the rise of cable television.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025
Recall that, in 1999, when Terryl had cut her cable television, the pediatric organization had called on families to prevent children under two from watching any television.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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