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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More to the point, the reduction in the number of games carried in the home markets isn’t expected to be sufficient to trigger any complaints from pay-TV operators, which are guaranteed a set number of games under the terms of their various carriage deals.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 May 2025
As the pay-TV universe keeps shrinking, though, so does the once-prolix scale of the upfronts and their teen-age cousin, the NewFronts.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The spot is the latest from DirecTV, which has been transforming itself from a satellite pay-TV provider into a streaming platform.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Per MoffettNathanson estimates, pay-TV operators closed out 2024 with 46.9 million bundled video subscribers, which marked a 12% drop from the year-ago 53.3 million.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 May 2025
As the pay-TV universe keeps shrinking, though, so does the once-prolix scale of the upfronts and their teen-age cousin, the NewFronts.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The spot is the latest from DirecTV, which has been transforming itself from a satellite pay-TV provider into a streaming platform.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Per MoffettNathanson estimates, pay-TV operators closed out 2024 with 46.9 million bundled video subscribers, which marked a 12% drop from the year-ago 53.3 million.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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