cable television
noun
a system of broadcasting television programming to private subscribers by means of coaxial cable.
Nearby words
cable length, cable molding, cable railway, cable release, cable stitch, cable television, cable tie, cable tramway, cable's length, cable-laid, cable-ready
Also called cable TV, pay cable.
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Examples from the Web for cable television
Recently she was offered $10,000 to do an on-camera interview for the cable-television program I Married a Mobster.
Whitey Bulger’s Women: Inside the Terror and Glamour of His Ex-Girlfriends|T.J. English|June 11, 2012|DAILY BEASTMost GOP candidates would rather hit the cable-television circuit than slog through dozens of small towns.
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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