Rediffusion Cable
Each pair carried a single TV or radio channel. The system was provided in most UK towns. ... From this a two-wire cable led to the TV or radio. The TVs used on this system were stripped-down TV sets with no tuner or RF front-end and the radios were little more than a loudspeaker with built in amplifier.
What happened to Rediffusion?
The Decline and Fall of the Rediffusion Empire
So through the 1970s and early 1980s there were some British cities that still had a 1950s cable TV system. By now the conditions that had given rise to it no longer existed, as the new UHF transmission network had many more channels and thus far fewer low signal areas.
What does Rediffusion mean?
chiefly British. : an act or instance of broadcasting or rebroadcasting a radio or television program.
