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 ...

Paramount Global and Comcast Corp. renewed their distribution agreement, allowing television channels like MTV, CBS and Nickelodeon to continue airing on Comcast’s Xfinity cable service. As part of ...

The measurement engineer can view the values from tan δ and partial-discharge testing directly in the cable test van. Clear representation helps to detect severe defects or locate partial discharges ...

Line skill technicians prepare the infrastructure for assessment by isolating the spans and connecting the assessment equipment. A 50/60-Hz overvoltage is applied to the cable system for approximately ...