From its origin as Community Antenna TV (CATV), a solution to poor over-the-air reception in the late 1940s, cable distribution is now the dominant delivery method for all TV programming. Even with ...

Today’s cable systems are increasingly digital. Armed with a rank of receivers, multiplexers and remultiplexers, a headend can produce hundreds of channels for delivery to viewers. Photo courtesy ...

[Peter]’s folks’ cable company is terrible – such a surprise for a cable TV provider – and the digital part of their cable subscription will only work with the company’s cable boxes. The cable company ...