Cable Television

Cable Television, distribution system in which television station signals are transmitted via a network of antennas and cables to subscribers.

For information on:

• overview of cable television systems, see Telecommunications: Telecommunications Systems
• regulation of cable television, see Federal Communications Commission; Radio and Television Broadcasting: The Regulation of Broadcasting
• major cable television networks, see BET Holdings, Inc.; CNN; ESPN; Home Box Office; MTV; NBC Universal; Ted Turner; British Broadcasting Corporation: Recent Developments; ABC, Inc.; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Viacom, Inc.
• cable television service providers, see Ameritech Corporation; AT&T, Inc.; SBC Communications Inc.; Tele-Communications Inc.
• satellite transmission of programs for use in cable systems, see Communications Satellite: Services
• impact of cable television, see History of Motion Pictures: Recent Trends; Journalism: Recent Developments; Music Video; Professional Wrestling: Challenges and Renewed Popularity
• cable modems among types of modems, see Modem