Abstract: A cable television system comprising at least one receiving station and end user terminals connected to the at least one receiving station via a cable television network. The cable television system is provided with transmission means comprising modulation means designed for downstream signal transfer towards the end user terminals and for upstream signal transfer away from the end user terminals. The modulation means are designed for direct quadrature amplitude modulation whereby an information signal that is to be modulated is directly modulated on a carrier wave signal to be transmitted over the cable television network in the frequency range above approximately 100 MHz. The transmission means may be used for long-distance as well as for in-house cable television systems.