No aerial connection but cable box

I am in a rented property and just signed upto BT vision. I connected to my tv aerial connection but cant get any tv channels at all. Got a friend to look at it and then realised my aerial has been cut off and does not go to the roof aerial now!!. However we found a white box and cable coming in from outside with 'virgin' (fibre optic?) on it we think.
Is there any way i can connect my BT vision to this to get some live tv.
My BT vision box and broadband work ok.
I am not technical at all
Thanks

What do you mean by cut off?
If it's been physically cut, and if it has been cut close enough to the ground (i.e. there is a bit sticking out of the wall) it is just a case of buying a new coax cable stripping the ends, and taping it together.

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