Cable TV History Hobbyists to Multinationals Cable was
Cable TV History Hobbyists to Multinationals
Cable was like a hobby… n 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.
Cable – 1950 s n single-channel "strip-amp" amplifier
Cable – 1950 s 1953 -54, C-COR Electronics n cablepowered and messengermounted amplifiers n
Cable – 1950 s n 1956 -1957 Solid state electronics n Challenges: – No satellites – No microwaves – Co-channel problems
Cable – 1960 s Solid state technology reaches full potential n Mandell Converter n
Cable – 1960 s n Mandell converter – Originally, 12 channels – Eliminate off-air interference n Amplitude Modulated Link (AML) – Microwaves – Multiple signals n Transistor Main Line (TML)
Cable – 1970 s Starline One, first “modern” transistor amplifier n Satellites are born n FCC interest n
Cable – 1970 s n 1973: 35 -channel (50 -300 MHz) solid-state amplifiers n HBO n Channel Expansion
Cable – 1980 s n Direct Broadcast Satellite n Fiber optics n Compression n Coaxial
Cable – 1990 s n n n n Digital video (HDTV) Piracy Personal Communication Services (PCS) “strategic alliance” and “convergence” International Cable modems 1996: deregulation
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