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Definition of pay-TV
: 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
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 18 Jun. 2021.
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English Language Learners Definition of pay-TV
: television channels that you must order and pay for
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The first known use of pay-TV was in 1954
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