cable television
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noun
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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
“Emeril Live” turned Food Network into one of the fastest-growing cable television networks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
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
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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