Home
Verizon Direct TV
Site Search
Buying Guide
Top Pick Deals
Trouble shooting
More Direct TV Tips
Direct TV Manual
Direct TV Equipment
Direct TV Blog
Direct TV Resources
About Us
Share This Site
Contact Us
Free Newsletter

Direct TV Cable

" Check out the first hand Direct TV Cable info "






First of all, there are no such term in the market :) Direct TV and cable ( Cable TV ) is the totally different system of providing signal to TV Consumers.

Cable / Cable TV is a system that providing television signals to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting (via radio waves) in which a television antenna is required.

FM radio programming, high-speed Internet, telephony and similar non television services may also be provided.

The abbreviation CATV is often used to mean "Cable TV". It originally stood for Community Antenna Television, from cable television's origins in 1948: in areas where over-the-air reception was limited by mountainous terrain, large "community antennas" were constructed, and cable was run from them to individual homes.

It is most common place in North America, Europe, Australia and East Asia, though it is present in many other countries, mainly in South America and the Middle East.

Cable TV has had little success in Africa, as it is not cost-effective to lay cables in sparsely populated areas, and although so-called "wireless cable" or microwave-based systems are used, "direct-to-home" satellite television is far more popular, especially in South Africa.

Whereby, Direct TV (trademarked as "DIRECTV") is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, USA, that was founded in 1994. It transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America except for Mexico. Its primary competitors are Dish Network and cable providers.

DirecTV is owned by DirecTV Group, which is controlled by Liberty Media.

In addition to consumers, DirecTV offers service to bars, restaurants, hotels, dorms, and hospitals through their DirecTV for business service. The company also offered mobile service for cars, boats, and RVs (DirecTV Mobile) as well as aircraft (DirecTV Airborne) in cooperation with Connexion by Boeing.

After the general introduction above, I believe you understand that there is no "Direct TV Cable", there are only "Direct TV" and "Cable TV".

I believe that our Verizon Direct TV Tips will be useful to you as well :)






If you interested to know which one is better, you can check out the The war between Direct TV Cable

What is Social Bookmarking?


footer for Direct TV Cable page