A cable television network for transmitting video signals to subscribers through cables, comprising a video channel selection type radio transmission apparatus on a cable branch side in the network and a video channel selection type radio reception apparatus on a subscriber side. The video channel selection type radio transmission apparatus includes a channel selector for selecting a video signal for a channel designated by a channel selection signal which is transmitted from the subscriber. Also included are a frequency converter for converting the frequency of the selected video signal to a predetermined radio frequency and transmitting the video signal, and a receiver for the channel selection signal transmitted from the subscriber, and a controller of the video signal selecting operation of the channel selector. The radio reception apparatus includes a receiver for a video signal transmitted from the radio transmission apparatus, converting the received video signal to a predetermined frequency and transmitting the video signal to a television receiver of the subscriber, and a radio wave transmitter for transmitting the channel selection signal for designating the channel selected by the subscriber.