CATV
Americanabbreviation
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Etymology
Origin of CATV
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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A system called cable television, or CATV, is now available and capable of delivering a choice of 60 different interference-free channels to virtually every U.S. home.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two years ago, the Justice Department sided with CATV, on the grounds that that was "the most promising means of achieving greater diversity in local mass-media communications."
From Time Magazine Archive
Among executives in the entertainment industry, the worst four-letter word in television is CATV, otherwise known as Community Antenna Television, or Cable TV.
From Time Magazine Archive
Networks have mixed feelings about CATV, but TV stations resent its frequent disruption of local markets with outside channels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hollywood studios, which hold copyrights to most films and programs retransmitted by CATV, felt cheated out of royalties.
From Time Magazine Archive
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