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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

That amount includes $1.3 billion in restructuring expenses, including updated valuations for Warner’s declining linear cable television networks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 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

Netflix’s proposal would see the cable television business, including channels CNN, TBS and the Discovery Channel. spun off into a separate company.

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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