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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Plus, people are ditching their pay-TV packages for cheaper streaming options and further chipping away at the cable companies’ once-lucrative bottom lines.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
As noted by the LA Times, ESPN’s pay-TV numbers have dipped considerably, going from 92 million homes in 2015 to 64.2 million now.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
Asia is a theatrical market – there’s very little PVOD and pay-TV is declining.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Launch of the service is notable for Fox, which has worked to keep its programming on traditional pay-TV venues for years, and has largely shied away from mass-audience subscription products.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 May 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
As noted by the LA Times, ESPN’s pay-TV numbers have dipped considerably, going from 92 million homes in 2015 to 64.2 million now.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
Asia is a theatrical market – there’s very little PVOD and pay-TV is declining.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Launch of the service is notable for Fox, which has worked to keep its programming on traditional pay-TV venues for years, and has largely shied away from mass-audience subscription products.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 May 2025
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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