A television program or broadcast transmitted through cable television rather than over the air.
From cable (from French câble, from Latin capulum, meaning rope) combined with cast (from Old English, meaning to throw). The term emerged in the 1970s with the growth of cable TV.
The rise of cablecasts transformed television by breaking the monopoly of major networks—suddenly people could watch niche programming 24/7, fundamentally changing how Americans consumed media.
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