That’s what it means for you. In many contracts it refers to the medium of transmission. Cable requires a coax cable. Streaming comes over the top on an intern

That’s what it means for you. In many contracts it refers to the medium of transmission. Cable requires a coax cable. Streaming comes over the top on an internet connection (which ironically might be provided via a coax cable). I, for example, get my live TV as a bundle of channels from DirecTV stream. It’s called “stream”. It requires no cable box, is a mix of live and on demand, and I can receive it anywhere over the internet (phone, home, work, etc). I’d never consider this cable. I’d also never consider satellite delivered TV cable, even if they are very similar. I think the nuances are a little more subtle than you are admitting.