COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION

community antenna television: translation

community antenna television comˌmunity anˈtenna ˌtelevision abbreviation CATV noun [uncountable]

a television system in which television signals are received by one large piece of receiving equipment and then sold to people living in the local town, city, or area

community antenna television UK US noun [U] (ABBREVIATION CATV)

► COMMUNICATIONS the original form of cable television, in which televison signals are received by one large aerial (= piece of receiving equipment) in a local area and then broadcast by cable to individual houses in the area