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Basic cable included USA, MTV, CNN, ESPN, etc. Premium channels like HBO always cost extra and were ad free and still are on cable. According to most articles
by scarface74 4y ago
Basic cable included USA, MTV, CNN, ESPN, etc.
Premium channels like HBO always cost extra and were ad free and still are on cable.
According to most articles I see, for the first 24 years after commercial cable TV was a thing, it was solely used to retransmit broadcast TV.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100905133543/http://www.ncta.com/About/About/HistoryofCableTelevision.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20100905133543/http://www.ncta.c...