cable television
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
The popularity of that film has continued over time with repeat viewings on cable television and the Disney+ streaming service.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
Joseph Collins, a cable television executive who pioneered broadband, died April 2 at his home in Weekapaug, R.I., at 81.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Since accepting Netflix’s $82.7 billion bid in early December, the Warner Bros. board has twice formally rejected Paramount’s competing $108 billion bid, questioning its financing and the way it valued the cable television business.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026
They followed their success with Capital One with a similar success, in a distressed European cable television company called United Pan-European Cable.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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