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2. Set-top box - Wikipedia

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   A typical modern set-top box, along with its remote control - pictured here a digital terrestrial TV receiver by TEAC. A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, [1] is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into ...

3. ON TV (TV network) - Wikipedia

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   ON TV was an American subscription television (STV) service that operated in eight markets between 1977 and 1985. Originally established by National Subscription Television, a joint venture of Oak Industries and Chartwell Communications, ON TV was part of a new breed of STV operations that broadcast premium programming—including movies, sporting events, and concerts—over an encrypted ...

4. The Box (American TV channel) - Wikipedia

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   The Box, originally named the Video Jukebox Network, was an American broadcast, cable and satellite television channel that operated from 1985 to 2001. The network focused on music videos, which through a change in format in the early 1990s, were selected by viewer request via telephone; as such, unlike competing networks (such as MTV and VH1), the videos were not broadcast on a set rotation.

5. Cable box - Wikipedia

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   Cable box (electronics) an electronic device that controls cable television in individual homes. Cable box (outside) a box located outside a residence that connects cable television. The Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina is sometimes colloquially referred to as the "cable box." the television set-top box is sometimes referred ...

6. Telecommunications pedestal - Wikipedia

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   A telecommunications pedestal is a ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables. Technicians require access to connection points. Placing such a point underground (e.g., in a utility vault) is expensive, so pedestals are preferred when they are an acceptable choice. Pedestals are used for CATV (known as a cable box ...

7. Qube (cable television) - Wikipedia

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   Qube (stylized QUBE) was an experimental two-way, multi-programmed cable television system that played a significant role in the history of American interactive television. It was launched in Columbus, Ohio, on 1 December 1977. [1] Highly publicized as a revolutionary advancement, [2] the Qube experiment introduced viewers to several concepts ...