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Evolution of Cable TV: From Hobbyists to Multinationals

Discover the intriguing journey of cable TV from its humble beginnings as a hobbyist's project in the 1950s to becoming a global powerhouse embraced by multinationals in the 1990s. Explore the technological advancements, regulatory changes, and key milestones that shaped the cable television industry over the decades. Uncover how innovations like solid-state technology, satellites, and digital video revolutionized the way we consume entertainment. Witness the challenges overcome and opportunities seized as cable TV evolved into a vital component of modern media landscape.

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Evolution of Cable TV: From Hobbyists to Multinationals

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  1. Cable TV History Hobbyists to Multinationals

  2. Cable was like a hobby… • Cable was like a hobby. We were fooling around with radio stations and signals and looked around to find that you could string a cable and pick up TV and radio station signals. When Martin Malarkey, who owned a music store at the time and was selling TV sets, found a great TV picture in his New York hotel room, he thought he could do that in Pottsville, Pa.

  3. Cable – 1950s • single-channel "strip-amp" amplifier

  4. Cable – 1950s • 1953-54, C-COR Electronics • cable-powered and messenger-mounted amplifiers

  5. Cable – 1950s • 1956-1957 Solid state electronics • Challenges: • No satellites • No microwaves • Co-channel problems

  6. Cable – 1960s • Solid state technology reaches full potential • Mandell Converter

  7. Cable – 1960s • Mandell converter • Originally, 12 channels • Eliminate off-air interference • Amplitude Modulated Link (AML) • Microwaves • Multiple signals • Transistor Main Line (TML)

  8. Cable – 1970s • Starline One, first “modern” transistor amplifier • Satellites are born • FCC interest

  9. Cable – 1970s • 1973: 35-channel (50-300 MHz) solid-state amplifiers • HBO • Channel Expansion

  10. Cable – 1980s • Direct Broadcast Satellite • Fiber optics • Compression • Coaxial

  11. Cable – 1990s • Digital video (HDTV) • Piracy • Personal Communication Services (PCS) • “strategic alliance” and “convergence” • International • Cable modems • 1996: deregulation

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