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

By its season three finale, Yellowstone had replaced AMC’s The Walking Dead as the top series on cable television. —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025

Some of the money was spent on a new office for the internal affairs bureau, a golf cart, cable television subscriptions and travel to conferences. —Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025

Smaller, emerging, and niche sports, despite their devoted fan bases, can rarely find a broadcast or cable television home. —Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025

Acquiring businesses or media figures from the digital world, which is often much less sanitized than cable television, could push the limits further. —Max Tani, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2025

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