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cable television

NOUN
television system transmitted over cable to subscribers
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Now studios are desperate to show investors they can earn at least a fraction of the profit from streaming that they once did from cable television.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Paramount’s offer includes acquiring HBO, the Burbank studios and Warner’s cable television channels like CNN and HGTV.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

And at a time when the cable television business is collapsing in many markets, the Dodgers have a blockbuster TV deal that will pay them more than $330 million a year through 2038.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Since accepting Netflix’s $82.7 billion bid in early December, the Warner Bros. board has twice formally rejected Paramount’s competing $108 billion bid, questioning its financing and the way it valued the cable television business.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

They followed their success with Capital One with a similar success, in a distressed European cable television company called United Pan-European Cable.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis



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