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- Cable had about 2 percent of U.S. household penetration in the early 1960s and had grown to about 8 percent in 1970. Most early cable systems had a limit of twelve channels, but Ronald Mandell patented a converter in 1967 that was placed on the subscriber's television set and broke the twelve-channel barrier.
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Cable had about 2 percent of U.S. household penetration in the early 1960s and had grown to about 8 percent in 1970. Most early cable systems had a limit of twelve channels, but Ronald Mandell patented a converter in 1967 that was placed on the subscriber's television set and broke the twelve-channel barrier.
Jul 10, 2000 · According to the NCTC&M website, several technological developments boosted the channel capacity of cable systems in the 1960s, including the use of solid state electronics in amplifiers and the introduction of set-top converters that processed signals in frequencies above the 12 channel VHF band.
1960s Telephone companies enter the CATV business in both construction and operations, posing a new competitive threat. Marketing is minimal due to high customer interest in cable. In small, "classic" systems where broadcast channel reception is a problem, CATV penetration can reach over 90 percent.
