Milestones is a continuing effort to chronicle the events, people and places of the cable industry.
Share your personal knowledge If you have additional information because you experienced a Milestone first hand, or have a perspective which is not in this Web version, please share it with us. You can respond to the Milestone itself or any repsonses provided by other viewers. All viewer responses to Milestones are reviewed and the Web Site version may be amended as appropriate. Introduction T he U.S. cable telecommunications industry took its first, tentative steps in 1948 to bring television to people who lived in areas unable to receive conventional broadcast signals. Since those early days, it has grown into a thriving, global communications force.