cable television

noun

: a system of television reception in which signals from distant stations are picked up by a master antenna and sent by cable to the individual receivers of paying subscribers

called also cable TV

Examples of cable television in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The community services district is responsible for items related to parks, waste collection, cable television, design review. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

In the late 70’s, for example, Warner Cable introduced QUBE, an experimental two-way cable television system that enabled live interactivity. — Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Pope of Trash, meet the king of compulsively watchable cable television. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 July 2026

But the streaming revolution has decimated the cable television business. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cable television

• abscission
• collision
• decision
• derision
• division
• elision
• envision
• excision
• incision
• misprision
• precision
• prevision

Kids Definition

cable television

noun

: a system of television reception in which signals from distant stations are picked up by a main antenna and sent by cable to the sets of paying subscribers

called also cable TV