Meaning of "cable service"

[Mirko]

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #619 "Real Life: Business Jargon (4)", question 3

I know ......... are responsible for many of a company's sales and they help keep the cost of cable service low but they sure are annoying. Only seventeen minutes of the past half-hour program was spent airing the show I wanted to watch.

(a) articles
(b) pitches
(c) dramas
(d) commercials

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #619 "Real Life: Business Jargon (4)", answer 3

I know commercials are responsible for many of a company's sales and they help keep the cost of cable service low but they sure are annoying. Only seventeen minutes of the past half-hour program was spent airing the show I wanted to watch.

Correct answer: (d) commercials
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I think the sentence " cable service " is wrong. I think it should be capable service?

Mirko

[Mister Micawber]

No, 'cable service' is a system of providing television and/or the internet to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional broadcasting (via radio waves) in which an antenna is required.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's