a television service in which programmes are distributed to subscribers' televisions by cable rather than by broadcast transmission
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ˈca•ble ˈtel•e•vi•sion, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Radio and Television, Show Businessa system of televising programs to private subscribers by means of special cable. Also called cable TV.
ca′ble tel′evision,
- Radio and Television, Show Businessa system of broadcasting television programming to private subscribers by means of coaxial cable. Also called cable TV, pay cable.
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'cable television' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A&E
- AMC
- BET
- BRV
- C-SPAN
- CATV
- CNN
- COM
- Court TV
- DIS
- DSC
- ESPN
- FAM
- HBO
- LIF
- MMDS
- MTV
- TBS
- TMC
- TNT
- USA
- bet
- cable
- cable-ready
- cablecast
- cablevision
- churn
- connect
- decoder
- dis
- drop
- interactive
- lockbox
- max
- pay cable
- public-access television
- unwired
- videotex
- wire
- wired