A method of distributing television signals by means of coaxial or fiber-optic cables. Some libraries have programs on public access channels.
Cable television is a system of broadcasting television programming to paying subscribers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables or light pulses through fiber-optic cables. This contrasts with traditional terrestrial television, in which the television signal is transmitted over the air by radio waves and received by a...
generally, any system that distributes television signals by means of coaxial or fibre-optic cables. The term also includes systems that distribute ... [13 related articles]
the distribution of television programmes by cable
TV delivered into the home through an underground cable.
A TV service delivered into the home through a cable, usually for a fee. A form of pay TV. Compare with terrestrial television and satellite television.
[n] - television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
A broadband communications technology in which multiple television channels as well as audio and data signals are transmitted either one way or both ways through a direct-by-wire distribution system to single or multiple locations.
cable system noun a television system that transmits over cables noun television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
Distribution of broadcast signals through cable relay systems. Narrow-band systems were originally used to deliver services to areas with poor regular reception; systems with wider bands, using coaxial and fibreoptic cable, are increasingly used for distribution and development of home-based telephone and television services