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Cable TV was invented as a response to poor over the air reception. In 1948, companies in Arkansas, Oregon, and Pennsylvania started sending TV signals down coaxial cables.

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What year was cable television invented?

Cable television was invented in 1948. The name of the man credited with inventing cable television is John Walson Sr., from Pennsylvania.


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