pay-TV
noun
: a service providing noncommercial television programming (such as recent movies and entertainment specials) by means of a scrambled signal to subscribers who are provided with a decoder
called also pay television
compare pay-cable, subscription tvExamples of pay-TV in a Sentence
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In 2007, Comcast was caught degrading traffic from the file-sharing service BitTorrent, which held contracts to distribute licensed content from Hollywood studios and other sources in direct competition with Comcast’s pay-TV business.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Comcast’s core cable and telecom business again lost pay-TV and broadband subscribers in the first quarter, the latter being a data point that Wall Street analysts will analyze particularly closely.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
In addition, internet pay-TV provider Fubo filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the JV service’s launch, alleging the venture violates antitrust laws.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
Devine has worked as director of content operations at Sky Studios, the production arm of European pay-TV and technology giant Sky, since May 2021 after serving as director of operational transformation since May 2020.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
French pay-TV giant Canal+ Group continues to expand in Africa, on Friday taking a stake in leading Senegalese production company Marodi TV.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
In Belgium, pay-TV channel Pickx+ is the only French-language channel carrying the Oscars (also for French-speaking Luxembourg viewers) with coverage kicking off at 11:50 p.m. on Sunday.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
Opponents of the companies’ sports-streaming JV include internet pay-TV provider Fubo, which filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block its launch alleging the venture violates antitrust laws.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
Millions of pay-TV subscribers are cutting the cord every year.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Comcast’s core cable and telecom business again lost pay-TV and broadband subscribers in the first quarter, the latter being a data point that Wall Street analysts will analyze particularly closely.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
In addition, internet pay-TV provider Fubo filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the JV service’s launch, alleging the venture violates antitrust laws.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
Devine has worked as director of content operations at Sky Studios, the production arm of European pay-TV and technology giant Sky, since May 2021 after serving as director of operational transformation since May 2020.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
French pay-TV giant Canal+ Group continues to expand in Africa, on Friday taking a stake in leading Senegalese production company Marodi TV.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
In Belgium, pay-TV channel Pickx+ is the only French-language channel carrying the Oscars (also for French-speaking Luxembourg viewers) with coverage kicking off at 11:50 p.m. on Sunday.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
Opponents of the companies’ sports-streaming JV include internet pay-TV provider Fubo, which filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block its launch alleging the venture violates antitrust laws.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
Millions of pay-TV subscribers are cutting the cord every year.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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