### Question
How is the "cable system" defined?


### Answer
The term **cable system** is defined in *47 U.S.C. § 522* as follows -

> a facility, consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment that is designed to provide cable service which includes video programming and which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community, but such term does not include (A) a facility that serves only to retransmit the television signals of 1 or more television broadcast stations

#### Citation:
  - *47 U.S.C. § 522*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 4-RADIO ACT OF 1927 > SUBCHAPTER V&ndash;A-CABLE COMMUNICATIONS > Part I-General Provisions**

