cable operator

collocation in English

meaningsofcableandoperator

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cable
noun
uk
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/us
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/
a set of wires, covered by plastic, that carries electricity, phone ...
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operator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us
/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to use and control a machine ...
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(Definition ofcableandoperatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcable operator

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The separation ofcableoperatorand programme provider would also facilitate a multiplicity of programme providers on each cable system.
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There is clearly here a power for the authority to insist on thecableoperatorproviding them in advance with certain scripts of programmes.
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Are there any occasions in which these provisions have been used where a satellitecableoperatorhas acquired exclusive rights?
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It will not be acceptable for thecableoperatorto remove these signals before he relays the broadcast over cable.
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The negotiation and determination procedures are about the share-out between the broadcaster and thecableoperator, and not about the basic cost.
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In this way, when the programme is retransmitted by thecableoperatorcopyright is transferred from the individual copyright holder to the original broadcaster.
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It may well be anothercableoperatorand, potentially, that will have a cost to the consumer.
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We should allow the free market and thecableoperatorto plan programmes with the same freedom that we give the cinema or the theatre.
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Secondly, we have had to consider whether there should be a limit on services that thecableoperatorcan provide.
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The business objective of thecableoperatoris to increase the number of subscribers rather than the number of advertisers.
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Thecableoperatorand the broadcaster by satellite should come to an agreement.
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I turn now to the question of thecableoperator.
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The ability of thecableoperatorto achieve that will depend, in part, upon having an adequate market for such services.
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Indeed, there is a lot to be said for the roles of the cable provider and thecableoperatorbeing split.
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First, should there be special rules because of the local monopoly that acableoperatormight, in effect, have?
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If acableoperatorwants to operate one, let it do so provided that it seeks to maintain certain minimum standards.
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Thecableoperatormight sponsor or produce his own programmes.
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The rightsholder then, it argues, would have to enter into separate contracts with each and everycableoperatoras well as the original broadcaster.
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There must be some form of escape clause, perhaps equally devised for thecableoperatorhimself.
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Thecableoperatorought to have the opportunity to know what his commitments are before he agrees to apply and before he accepts the licence.
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