Cable television - Cable television Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to 'cable') refers to television, FM radio programming and other services that are provided to consumers via fixed coaxial cables, rather than by the older and more widespread radio broadcasting (over-the-air) method. It is most common in Canada, the United States and Europe, though it is present in many other countries. Technically, both cable TV and CATV involve distributing a number of television channels collected at a central location (called a head end or headend) throughout a community by means of a network of optical fibers and/or coaxial cables and broadband amplifiers. Like in the case of radio broadcasting, the use of different frequencies allows many channels to be distributed through the same cable,.
Cable television relay service station - Cable television relay service station In telecommunication, a cable television relay service station (CARS) is a fixed or mobile station used for the transmission of television and related audio signals, signals of standard and FM broadcast stations, signals of instructional television fixed stations, and cablecasting from the point of reception to a terminal point from which the signals are distributed to the public. Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from the Code of Federal Regulations, Telecommunications Parts 0-199.
Cable television headend - Cable television headend Cable television headend is a master facility for receiving television signals for processing and distribution over a cable television system. The headend facility is normally unmanned and surrounded by some type of security fencing and is typically a building or large shed housing electronic equipment used to receive and re-transmit video over the local cable infrastructure. One can also find headends in Power line communication (PLC) substations. Reception The cable TV headend will normally have several large, television receive-only satellite television dishes for reception of cable/satellite TV networks such as ESPN, CNN, or HBO (examples); a dedicated, non-movable dish is required for each satellite that the cable TV utility wishes to receive cable channels off of for distribution over its system. For reception.
Independent Television News (ITN) - Independent Television News (ITN) ITN logo, 1970s-90s Independent Television News (ITN) the main supplier of news broadcasts to three British broadcasting networks, ITV, Channel 4 and Five. ITN was founded in 1955 as part of the British commercial TV network ITV. It has provided the main national news bulletins for the ITV network since that date, though it has no role in the regional coverage provided for each individual station within ITV, which comes from each station's own newsroom. With the expansion of TV channels in the United Kingdom, it also now provides national bulletins for Channel 4 and Five. In August 2000, the organisation launched its own 24 hour news channel which is broadcast on satellite, cable and digital terrestrial. It also began its own 'World.
Independent Television Commission - Independent Television Commission The Independent Television Commission (ITC) licensed and regulated commercial television services in the United Kingdom except S4C in Wales between 1st January 1991 and 28th December 2003. It was set up under the terms of the Broadcasting Act 1990, which reorganised British commercial broadcasting. Between 1st January 1991 and 31st December 1992, the ITC operated under the powers of the former Independent Broadcasting Authority (under the Broadcasting Acts 1954-1981), and regulated the ITV network, and operated Channel 4. It used this time to auction the Channel 3 licences for the fifteen ITV regions and breakfast time. Most of the Channel 3 licences were awarded to the incumbent ITV companies, however there were some controversial decisions: Carlton Television outbid Thames Television for the London Weekday.
Interactive television - Interactive television Interactive television describes any number of efforts to allow viewers to interact with living room television content from the comfort of the couch. It is sometimes called interactive TV, iTV, or ITV. Interactive TV is often described as "lean back" interaction, as users are typically relaxing in the living room environment with a remote control in one hand. This is in contrast to the personal computer-oriented "lean forward" experience of a keyboard, mouse and monitor. Some interactive television projects are consumer electronics boxes which provide set-top interactivity, while other projects are supplied by the cable television companies (or multiple system operator, or MSO) as a system-wide solution. Some examples of interactive television include: MSO systems Time Warner (US) Comcast (US) Cablevision (US) MSO trials or.
High definition television - High definition television High Definition Television, or HDTV, is one of the formats used in digital television (DTV) broadcasting. The HDTV screen uses a 16:9 aspect ratio (the 4:3 aspect ratio is sometimes used). The high resolution images (1920 pixels × 1080 lines or 1280 pixels × 720 lines) allow much more detail to be shown. The images are expected to be at least 6 times as sharp as standard definition television or NTSC or PAL standard analog television. Like NTSC and PAL, most 1920x1080 broadcasts are to use interlacing to reduce bandwidth demands (giving the format the alternate name 1080i), a progressive-scan format is available, but reduces the number of frames per second to 24 (1080p24), in the future, MPEG-2 Or MPEG-? could create a 1080p with.
U.S. television news - U.S. television news Television news originally ran for 15 minutes a night. Today, 24 hour news cable channels include 2 channels of CNN, 1 channel of FOX News, and NBC's CNBC (business reporting) and MSNBC (general reporting). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early History 2 Television News and Cable Television 3 Modern trends Early History Television news, regardless of the origin of transmission, began with Edward R. Murrow. Murrow was a radio news veteran at CBS, having reported live and on location at various locales during World War II. Murrow also pioneered the celebrity interview and the "face off" style interview (often with political figures), in which two or more interviewees respond to one another with the newsanchor(s) acting as moderator. The half-hour network news segment.
Ulster Television - Ulster Television Ulster Television plc is the ITV contractor for Northern Ireland. It is one only two stand-alone ITV contractors left, the others forming groupings such as Carlton, Granada, and SMG. Political sensitivities led to the channel abbreviating its name to UTV, as the use of word 'Ulster ' is controversial among Northern Ireland's two communities. Since June 4, 1993, Ulster Television has been known on-air as simply UTV, and off air is now referred to as UTV Group. UTV's main programmes are the nightly news UTV Live, current affairs programme Insight, the talkshow Kelly, School Around the Corner, and Lesser Spotted Ulster. UTV is also available in the Republic of Ireland, either on cable and MMDS systems, or directly in border areas. This puts UTV in.
E! Entertainment Television - E! Entertainment Television E! Entertainment Television is a cable and DBS television network based in Los Angeles, California. Its official name is E! Networks, with its branches including E! Entertainment Television, Style (a separate cable TV channel dedicated to the fashion industry) and E! Online. Its ownership is a joint venture between Comcast Communications Corporation and The Walt Disney Company, with AT&T also having a smaller stake in the cable channel. Founded in 1987 as the Movietime channel, E! emphasizes coverage of the celebrity-industrial complex; contemporary film, television and music; entertainment awards shows; daily Hollywood news and gossip; and fashion. E! is available to 80 million subscribers in the U.S and 400 million homes internationally. E!'s sister channel is the Style Network. Shows are the E! True.
Digital television - Digital television Digital television (DTV) uses digital modulation to broadcast video and audio signals to television sets. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Introduction 2 The DTV market 2.1 Digital terrestrial television 2.2 Digital satellite television 2.3 Digital cable television 2.4 Analog switch-off 3 DTV formats 3.5 Digital teletext 4 Digital television deployment 4.6 Digital television in the UK 4.7 Digital television in the U.S. 4.8 Digital television in Canada 4.9 Digital television in Australia 4.10 Digital television in Finland 4.11 Digital television in Germany Introduction The major use of DTV is to carry more revenue-earning channels on the same amount of bandwidth. The digital signal eliminates common artefacts from analog broadcasting, such as ghostly and snowy images, static noises in audio, and replaces them with new MPEG.
Digital cable channels, Canadian - Digital cable channels, Canadian The following is a list of digital cable channels, broadcast out of Canada. Animal Planet, a CTV-owned digital station BBC Canada, an Alliance Atlantis-owned digital cable station BBC Kids, an Alliance Atlantis-owned digital cable station Book Television Country Canada, a CBC-owned digital station CTV Travel, a CTV-owned digital station Discovery Civilization Channel Discovery Kids Discovery Health Fox Sports World Canada, a News Corporation-owned sports channel specializing in events originating outside North America FT, a digital cable station, based on the hit show Fashion Television Independent Film Channel, a digital cable station i Channel, a Stornoway Communications LP, All-owned digital cable channel Lone Star, a western-themed digital cable station, owned by CanWest Global mentv, a digital cable channel MSNBC Canada, digital cable station Much.
Digital cable - Digital cable Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than normally possible; this is accomplished by using video compression and a digital signal (as opposed to analog) and almost always requires the customer to use a set-top box. Digital cable typically demands a higher fee and comes with additional services such as an on-screen program guide and the ability to purchase pay-per-view programming without the use of a phone line. Recently, some companies have also added video on demand services..
1979 in television - 1979 in television See also: 1978 in television, other events of 1979, 1980 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths Events February 3 - Dead Man's Curve, a made-for-TV-movie about surf-rock singers Jan & Dean, airs on US television Over 300 million households worldwide now own television sets. February 3 - You Can't Do That on Television premieres on CTV affiliate CJOH-TV. February 11 - In the US, 43 million viewers watch "Elvis!" on ABC, a made for TV movie starring Kurt Russell as Elvis. Debuts CFMT (now OMNI1) began launching Toronto's first multicultural channel. ESPN begins broadcasting sports 24/7 and was the first cable.
1981 in television - 1981 in television See also: 1980 in television, other events of 1981, 1982 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths Events January 20 - Comedian Andy Kaufman ruins sketches and starts a brawl live on the air during ABC's Friday's. April 11 - Van Halen's lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen marries actress Valerie Bertinelli August 1 - The MTV network debuts on Cable television, playing music videos 24 hours a day Luke and Lauras's Wedding on General Hospital, becomes one of the most watched wedding in television history, second only to the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. Debuts Dynasty premieres.
1983 in television - 1983 in television See also: 1982 in television, other events of 1983, 1984 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular television shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths Events February 28 - Over 125 million Americans tune in to watch the final episode of M*A*S*H March 7 - The Nashville Network (TNN) begins broadcasting. April 18 - The Disney Channel is launched on American cable TV. David Canary first premieres on All My Children September 5 - The half-hour Robert MacNeil Report changes its name to the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, becoming the first hour-long network news show. September 24 - After 29 seasons, the Walt Disney anthology series goes off the air. It will.
1989 in television - 1989 in television See also: 1988 in television, other events of 1989, 1990 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths Events Talk show host, Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests. Chris Farley, David Spade and Mike Myers join the cast of Saturday Night Live Doctor Who ends after 26 years Debuts January 3 - The Arsenio Hall Show premieres on CBS. April 18 or 19 - Dragonball Z premieres on Japanese television. July 31 - Canadian cable television network CBC Newsworld is launched. Cops premieres, which shows footage shot in real.
1990 in television - 1990 in television See also: 1989 in television, other events of 1990, 1991 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths Events January 21 - MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 17 - Aerosmith appears in the Saturday Night Live sketch Wayne's World, where they perform the Wayne's World theme song. Chris Farley and Adam Sandler joins Saturday Night Live The poorly received Cop Rock preimieres on television, TV's first (and last) musical police drama. Legislation is signed into United States law requiring close captioning decoders in all large color TVs manufactured after July 1, 1993 Debuts One Foot in the.
1992 in television - 1992 in television See also: 1991 in television, other events of 1992, 1993 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Debut 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths Events April 30 - After an eight year run the last episode of The Cosby Show airs. One of the show's time-slot rivals, Fox's The Simpsons, pays tribute to it with a brief animated segment. May 9 - The popular NBC sitcom The Golden Girls airs its final episode. May 22 - After 30 years, 66 year old Johnny Carson hosts the Tonight Show for the last time. June 3 - U.S. Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton appears on The Arsenio Hall Show. Clinton even plays.
1996 in television - 1996 in television See also: 1995 in television, other events of 1996, 1997 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths Events January 28 - Christopher Isaak makes a guest appearance on the television show Friends. The O. J. Simpson civil trial begins Zenith introduces the first HDTV-compatible front projection TV in the U.S.. Broadcasters, TV & PC manufacturers set industry standards for digital HDTV. Over a billion households worldwide now own television sets. News Corporation gets into the cable news fray with the launch of Fox News Channel. Debuts September 13 - Everybody Loves Raymond premieres (1996-present) Hey Arnold premieres (1996-present) Popular Television Shows All.
