cable

(noun)

(communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables

Examples of cable in the following topics:

  • Organization and Ownership of the Media

    • In television, the vast majority of broadcast and basic cable networks, over a hundred in all, are controlled by nine corporations: News Corporation (the Fox family of channels), The Walt Disney Company (which includes the ABC, ESPN and Disney brands), CBS Corporation, Viacom, Comcast (which includes the NBC brands), Time Warner, Discovery Communications, EW Scripps television, or some combination thereof (including the aforementioned The CW as well as A&E networks, which is a consortium of Comcast and Disney, ).
    • The similar market structure exists for television broadcasting, cable systems, and newspaper industries, all of which are characterized by the existence of large-scale owners.

  • Nationalization of the News

    • The internet age, digital cable and satellite broadcast have prservices, comes on-demand news programming.

  • Policy Evaluation

    • For example, two of the objectives of the 1996 Telecommunications Act were creating jobs and reducing cable rates.

  • The Cold War and Containment

    • The basis of the doctrine was articulated in a 1946 cable by United States diplomat, George F.

  • Journalists

    • Television journalism viewership has become fragmented due to the emergence of 24-hour cable news channels such as Cable News Network (CNN) in 1980 and Fox News Channel as well as MSNBC in the 1990s.

  • The Federal Communications Commission

    • The development of the Internet, cable services and wireless services has raised questions whether new legislative initiatives are needed.
    • The Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) develops and implements the FCC's consumer policies, including disability access; The Enforcement Bureau (EB) is responsible for enforcement of provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, along with FCC rules, orders and conditions of station authorizations; The International Bureau (IB) develops international policies in telecommunications like coordination of frequency allocation; The Media Bureau (MB) develops, recommends and administers the policy and licensing programs relating to electronic media, including cable television, broadcast television, and radio in the United States and its territories; The Wireless Telecommunications Service (WCS) deals with Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) and fixed, mobile, and broadcast services on the 700 MHz Band; The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) develops policy concerning wireline telecommunications.

  • Regulation of Broadcast Media

    • This provision required radio stations, television stations and cable systems, which originated their own programming, to treat legally qualified political candidates equally when it came to selling or giving away air time.

  • Television News

    • Live coverage will be broadcast from a relevant location and sent back to the newsroom via fixed cable links, microwave radio, production truck, satellite truck, or online streaming.

  • Political Advertisements

    • The growth of cable television networks heavily influenced political advertising in the 1992 election between incumbent President George H.

  • Freedom of the Press

    • Since there are a limited number of frequencies for non-cable television and radio stations, the government licenses them to various companies.