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Cable Television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) - Often shortened to cable is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people's 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.
C-BAND
Band of frequencies from 4 to 6 gigahertz (billion cycles per second) that are used by most communications satellite and cable systems. Requires larger ground antennas, usually twelve feet in diameter, for television reception.
Callback Threshold - Dollar limit or number of events.
CEAbbreviation used to refer to business establishments that sell consumer electronics, such as Circuit City, Best Buy, etc.
C-BAND Dish - Large (6- to 10- foot) satellite dish antenna, usually motorized, used to intercept signals from C-band satellite. Many big dish antennas today receive both C-band and Ku-band signals.
CallbackThe process by which the access card initiates a call from the DIRECTV receiver to report any IPPV events viewed by the customer, normally on a monthly basis or when a specified callback threshold is reached. An 800 number is used to avoid charging customers.
Channel List - Channel List is defined via the DIRECTV System feature menu, allows for customization and easier program selection by establishing a limit list of channels to be used for scanning or when reviewing the program guide.
Churn - A television industry term that takes account of customer connects, disconnects, upgrades, and downgrades.
Check Switch - Running a check switch procedure starts a series of tests in DISH network receivers which confirms that a good signal connection between the receiver and the multi-sat dish switch exists. At the end of the test, a list of which satellites you can receive is displayed.
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