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Other ways of cable theft were using a cable TV converter box (also known as a descrambler or "black box") to steal all channels and decrypt pay-per-view events, whereas a normal converter would only decrypt the ones paid for by the customer. The cable companies could send an electronic signal, called a "bullet", that would render illegal ...
Pay TV only began to become common after the widespread installation of cable television systems in the 1970s and 1980s; early premium channels were most often movie broadcasters such as the US-based Home Box Office and Cinemax, both currently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Signals were obtained for distribution by cable companies using C ...
Videocipher II satellite descrambler stand-alone box sold by General Instrument. VideoCipher is a brand name of analog scrambling and de-scrambling equipment for cable and satellite television invented primarily to enforce Television receive-only (TVRO) satellite equipment to only receive TV programming on a subscription basis.
A few cable systems switched the channel space to CNN International after discontinuation. Current TV: Al Gore/Joel Hyatt: August 20, 2013 Launched on August 1, 2005. Replaced by Al Jazeera America. Documentary Channel: Participant Media: August 1, 2013 Launched on January 26, 2006. Merged with Halogen TV into Pivot. Fusion
Earlier this year the FCC voted on a plan to fix crappy cable boxes. Dubbed "Unlock the Box," the plan would make cable companies open up their services for use on boxes made by other companies.
The digital TV transition went live almost a year ago on June 12, 2009, when the FTC flipped the switch and turned off the analog television signals that many consumers relied on for entertainment.
Then they went around to celebrities and TV and movie stars, then to artists like Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon. ... and it kind of mirrored what was happening in cable in the early ‘80s, which ...
Under his tenure, the board banned a total of 19 films in the state between May 1949 and March 1952. Almost all of the films he banned depicted hetero- and homosexual relationships, sexual content, drug addiction, nudity, racial invasions, extreme violence, and pregnancy. Several of the listed banned features were unlisted.