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television content transmitted via signals on coaxial cable
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cable television

Summary

cable television ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,376 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cable television is a type of television[2].
  • cable television's Commons category is recorded as Cable television[3].
  • cable television is the opposite of terrestrial television[4].
  • cable television's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cable television[5].
  • cable television's uses is recorded as digital cable[6].
  • cable television's has list is recorded as list of cable television companies[7].
  • cable television's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8].

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Definition and Type

cable television is a type of television[2]. It is the opposite of terrestrial television[4].

Why It Matters

cable television ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,376 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Comcast News Corporation Tele2

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → television
    Uses → digital cable
    Uses → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9846, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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