cable television

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noun

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

Also called cable TV, pay cable.

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Related Words for cable television

cable, cablevision

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Contemporary Examples of cable television

Recently she was offered $10,000 to do an on-camera interview for the cable-television program I Married a Mobster.
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T.J. English
June 11, 2012
Most GOP candidates would rather hit the cable-television circuit than slog through dozens of small towns.
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December 9, 2011

British Dictionary definitions for cable television

cable television

noun

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

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