How to Use pay TV in a Sentence

pay TV

noun

• Well, pay TV spends half its budget, and broadcasters spend around a third.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
• Every month, streaming gets a bit closer to good old fashioned pay TV.
  — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
• That could help Versant in future distribution deals with pay TV providers.
  — Alex Sherman,jessica Golden, CNBC, 17 June 2026
• In-market fans need a pay TV package that includes these channels, or a broadcast antenna for over-the-air access.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 5 May 2026
• Versant makes more than 80% of its overall revenue from pay TV distribution.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
• Universo is included in select pay TV packages.
  — Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 8 June 2026
• RSNs have felt arguably the greatest pressure from the losses that plague the pay TV bundle as consumers switch to streaming.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
• And, increasingly, the monthly prices for those services are making the glory days of the pay TV bundle seem that much more appealing.
  — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
• Consumers bypassing or canceling their cable subscriptions are cutting into the fees stations receive from pay TV providers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
• Successful theatrical films would go onto earn respectable pay TV and home entertainment dollars, meanwhile.
  — Dick Lippin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
• Tubi sees a majority of its viewership for on-demand content, in contrast to the free channels that mimic the traditional pay TV bundle.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 15 June 2026
• Now, the successor companies of both Time-Warner and Viacom, which battled for years in the pay TV space, will now be united.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
• In 2023 it was all rebranded as MGM+, which lives on as a stand-alone streaming service and pay TV channels today.
  — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
• One of the challenges facing the broadcasting market is a shift in focus, from pay TV and streaming services alike, away from acquiring new subscribers and towards profitability.
  — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
• The aggressive push by streamers has coincided with the near-total collapse of regional sports cable channels — outlets that were not so long ago the most profitable engines of pay TV.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026
• While anchored in pay TV, that business continues to slow and Versant is focused on diversifying versus acquiring more cable.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026
• In other dealing, Movistar+ has taken Spanish pay TV/SVOD and Spafax inflight rights.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
• The combination would also make Fox less dependent on traditional pay TV platforms for the distribution of its channels.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
• Some are seeking better time slots paired with digital extensions that can net them bigger contracts from TV networks desperate to break free from diminishing pay TV revenue.
  — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
• Some pay TV providers, like Fubo and a few others, include ESPN Unlimited with their subscription.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
• The pay TV banner has pledged to invest at least €480 million ($503 million) over three years in French and European films in a deal with local guilds signed last March.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
• The company launched its stand-alone direct-to-consumer subscription service Fox One, offering Fox News and other channels outside a pay TV package.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
• In addition to the broadband customer losses and mobile additions, Comcast lost 245,000 pay TV customers during the fourth quarter.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
• Last month, the company's pay TV subsidiary Dish DBS filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after deferring debt payments.
  — Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 July 2026
• The film got supported by the Ukrainian State Foundation, as well as French pay TV channel Canal + and broadcaster France Television.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
• More than 80% of Versant's revenue leans on the pay TV business, but its executives have told Wall Street that 2026 will be a year of transition for its business model.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
• The distribution partnership is part of the global streamer’s focus on broadening its content offerings and strengthening engagement via an aggregation strategy not unlike traditional pay TV.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
• On Tuesday, Versant reported that its non-pay TV revenue reached 19% of total revenue in 2025, with roughly $826 million in platforms revenue.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
• The goal ultimately is to move to a 50-50 revenue split with pay TV balanced by higher-growth digital, platform, subscription, AVOD and transactional businesses, a heavy lift.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026
• The Nasdaq Versant Media Group will release its first earnings report as a public company on Tuesday, giving Wall Street its first glimpse inside a company made up primarily of pay TV networks.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026