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cable television

American  

noun

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

cable television British  

noun

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

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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

Until their repeal, these rules allowed the flourishing of independent production houses and the rise of cable television.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

So, right then and there, she walked onstage, pretending to read a bill from the cable television company.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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