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CATV [3 records]

Record 1 2014-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Broadcasting
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

Cable television that is primarily designed to improve the quality of reception of broadcast programming in isolated communities, and is generally limited to a dozen channels.

OBS

Community antenna television is rare today, but the term is sometimes misused as a synonym for "cable television."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiodiffusion
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Télévision par c ble dont le principal objectif est d'améliorer, dans une communauté isolée, la qualité de réception des émissions diffusées par voies hertziennes et dont le nombre de canaux offerts aux téléspectateurs dépasse rarement douze.

OBS

La télévision par antenne communautaire est aujourd'hui pratiquement inexistante. Par abus de langage, le terme est parfois employé comme synonyme de «télévision par c ble».

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
Key term(s)
  • cable television distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

Source : UIT [Union internationale des télécommunications]

Key term(s)
  • distribution de télévision par réseaux de câbles

Spanish

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