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Cable TV
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Cable TV
History, regulation, monopoly vs. free-market aspects, rates, service, technologies (cable modem, wireless, digital) and the future.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages) |
17 sources |
1996
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" Ever since the first broadcast television signals were retransmitted via wire from well-placed master antennas to the residents of Astoria, Oregon, and Lansford, Pennsylvania, in early 1949, cable television has been tied to the history of telegraphy and telephony in the United States. The primary undisputed function of cable television from its infancy has been to deliver a viewable television picture to subscribers in areas which are geographically or economically (from the broadcaster's perspective) isolated from the reception of normal broadcast television transmissions.As technology improves, cable television is assuming functions which have long since taken it from the realm of simply delivering a handful of relatively local TV stations to providing two-way, interactive services including access to the Internet.."
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