cable television

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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

That amount includes $1.3 billion in restructuring expenses, including updated valuations for Warner’s declining linear cable television networks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Joseph Collins, a longtime cable television executive who helped pioneer the industry’s transition to broadband, died April 2 at his home in Weekapaug, R.I.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Thompson said recently that a study commissioned by CNN showed that some 18 million Americans who had ditched cable television since the coronavirus pandemic would be "very interested" in paying for standalone subscriptions.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Because the mountains interfered with reception, in 1954 he erected an antenna on a high ridge and provided one of the first cable television systems in the United States as a free service.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam