The National Cable Television Association reported in 1999 that there was a 500 percent increase in the cable industry workforce between 1975 and 1998—from 25,000 full-time employees to more than 125,000 (Lacey et al., 1999). This major trade...

Unlike broadcast television, cable television's origins were unportentous: known as CATV (Community Antenna Television), cable was first used to deliver a clear signal to rural communities. At the time, a CATV system generally consisted of a single...

Since the early 1990s, when cable television networks were first introduced to China, they have become one of the principle modes of television reception in China’s major cities. The significance of cable television is enhanced by the fact that...

Local television system delivered by cable, ie narrow casting, rather than...

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting...

Cable in 2001 IF a recent CableLabs poll of 25 top industry executives proves correct, by the year 2001 the cable TV industry will reign as the dominant provider of entertainment and information for residential customers. The leaders further suggest that by...

NEW YORK - The buyers want to buy, sellers want to sell and the lenders want to lend. But where's the flood of cable deals that industry executives have been predicting? That was the big question cable dealmakers tried to resolve at...

With television news losing audience, newspapers struggling to stay afloat and growth even slowing on Internet sites, it seems like a desolate time for the news industry.Yet there are signs of hope, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, which issued its annual report...

The U.S. pay-TV industry amounts to a cartel because it maintains profits by offering channels in prepackaged tiers rather than "a la carte," according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles.The federal lawsuit names every major cable and satellite television system operator as well...