{"id":432874,"date":"2024-06-28T08:35:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T08:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emea.technetix.com\/?p=432874"},"modified":"2024-07-02T07:29:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T07:29:12","slug":"technetix-evolving-networks-since-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emea.technetix.com\/blog-posts\/technetix-evolving-networks-since-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"From CATV to FTTH: Technetix evolving networks since 1990\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Cable television<\/strong> The solution was surprisingly easy. Large receiving aerials could capture, amplify and distribute the broadcast signal into homes through a network of cables \u2013 essentially a larger, more powerful version of what aerial and coaxial cables do in the home.<\/p>\n\n\n
Cable TV has been around since the 1930s, developed initially as a response to problems associated with traditional over-air transmissions. Factors like transmitter distance and topographical variations meant that broadcasting didn\u2019t reach all homes. Despite televisions costing less and increasing in availability, installing additional transmitters to cover a small percentage of the population wasn\u2019t\u00a0financially viable; yet this unserved population also wanted to experience the exciting new technology of television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n