MATV stands
for Master Antenna Television. It is the means by which many apartment
houses1 hotels, schools and other multi-unit buildings distribute TV
and FM signals to a number of receivers. In order to accomplish this
without a loss of signal quality, these systems must be carefully
planned and engineered through the effective use of MATV equipment and
techniques.
An MATV system is basically a network of
cables and specially designed components that process and amplify TV
and FM signals and distribute them from one central location. If there
were 100 TV sets in a building, it would be extremely expensive to
Install and maintain l00 separate antennas. Not only would it be
unsightly, but reception would suffer because that many antennas would
interact with each other, causing interference problems.
