cable television
Also known as cable TV
television content transmitted via signals on coaxial cable
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Cable television is a system that delivers television programming to homes through coaxial cables rather than through the air via broadcast signals. This method of transmission allowed people to receive television service in areas where broadcast signals were weak or unavailable, and eventually became a widespread alternative to traditional broadcast television.
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A coaxial cable used to carry cable television onto subscribers' premises A set-top box, an electronic device which cable subscribers use to connect the cable signal to their television sets. Presented unit is a Cisco RNG200N for QAM digital cable television system used in North America.
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with terrestrial television, in which the television signal is transmitted over-the-air by radio waves and received by a television antenna, or satellite television, in which the television signal is transmitted over-the-air by radio waves from a communications satellite and received by a satellite dish on the roof. FM radio programming, high-speed Internet, telephone services, and similar non-television services may also be provided through these cables. Analog television was standard in the 20th century, but since the 2000s, cable systems have been upgraded to digital cable operation.