cable television
Americannoun
noun
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With the addition of Cox homes, the Stamford, Conn.-based cable company now boasts 35 million customers — making it the nation’s largest broadband internet and cable television provider.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The plaintiffs allege that combining Warner and Paramount would give one company too much power over theatrical movie distribution and cable television.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
FCC, a 1990s case that affirmed the constitutionality of regulations derived from the scarcity of broadcast licenses, despite the rise of cable television at that point.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Now studios are desperate to show investors they can earn at least a fraction of the profit from streaming that they once did from cable television.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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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