cable access
Local broadcast channel
Cable access refers to television channels set aside for public, educational, or governmental use on local cable systems.
These channels allow community members to create and broadcast their own programming without commercial oversight.
The term often evokes low-budget productions with amateur production values: The show looked like something from cable access.
Public access programming peaked in the 1980s and 90s before internet video largely supplanted it.
- publicAvailable to all
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- communityCollective of connected people
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- channelPassage for transmission
local · local programming · wire · cord · coax · antenna · set-top box · studio · basement studio · programming · airwaves · transmission · subscriber · network · FCC · signal · hookup · dial
- broadcast medialocal channels, public broadcasters, community radio, satellite coverage, national broadcasting
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- local medialocal newspaper, local newspapers, city news, local news, regional TV
- local newscommunity news, local reporter, local politics, local events, city council
- local broadcastinglocal channels, local news, local affiliates, regional TV, regional network
- Community Radiocommunity radio, college radio, public radio, listener-supported, grassroots media
cable accessnetwork television
Major channel broadcasting
broadcast television · ABC · CBS · NBC · premium cable
cable, access, cables, cabled, cabling, accesses, accessed, accessing, accessible