Satellite Master Antenna Television. These systems grew out of master antennas for apartment buildings. In effect, they are small cable systems that serve a apartment or condo complex. Usually, they do not cross city streets to avoid regulation.
Satellite Master Antenna Television. Programming provided to individual units (hotels, apartment complexes, etc) delivered from a ground station to the receivers via wires.
Satellite Master Antenna Television; joint antenna installations.
(SATELLITE DELIVERED MASTER ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEM) A community distribution system for signals received via satellite, terrestrial networks or radio. The number of households connected is usually limited. SMATV networks are used in some small housing estates and in multi-family buildings.
Satellite Master Antenna TV. Collective television reception and distribution system serving a local population of users collocated in a block of flats, a hotel or other group-housing complex. SMATV systems use one or more high quality, centrally located antenna to receive the satellite signals, plus UHF and/or VHF antennas to receive local terrestrial broadcast services. The satellite and terrestrial signals are distributed to the end-users via a dedicated cable distribution network. Several different cable distribution architectures are possible.
(Satellite Master Antenna TV). Community, domestic TV networks that are low-cost. They may serve apartment blocks and combine satellite and other channels over one cable network.
Satellite delivered Master Antenna Television system. A communal distribution system for satellite and terrestrial TV and radios signals, usually installed in a block of flats for shared used.