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Definition of Headends
1. headend [n] - See also: headend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headends
Literary usage of Headends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. National Regulation of Inter-state Commerce by Charles Carroll Bonney (1882)
"By the end of the 1970s, the cost of TVRO terminals for cable headends had fallen
to the point where they became within reach of individual households. ..."
2. Globalization of the Mass Media (1994)
"For example, Canal Plus typically use satellites to transmit programming to cable
headends that it owns or to its non-cable distribution "affiliates. ..."
3. U. S. Industrial Outlook, 1994: Business Forecasts for 350 IndustriesBusiness & Economics (1994)
"In addition, cable television (CATV) is transmitted either via satellites to more
than 11400 cable headends for terrestrial distribution to 57 million US ..."
4. Telecommunications in the Age of Information: The NTIA Infrastructure Report by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... they are used, for example, to deliver television programming to a large number
of cable television system "headends" around the country. ..."
5. Regulatory Reform in Ireland by Scott H. Jacobs (2001)
"Cable operators are also required to obtain authorisation from municipalities
from a planning perspective for the installation of equipment such as headends ..."