public-access television
(redirected from Cable access television)Related to Cable access television: Public Access Television, Cable access channel
pub′lic-ac`cess tel′evision
n.
1. a noncommercial system of broadcasting on television channels made available to independent or community groups.
2. one or more channels on cable television that by law are reserved for noncommercial broadcasting by members of the public.
[1970–75]
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