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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Sloan said the adoption of direct-to-consumer streaming packages should go a long way toward offsetting the drain on pay-TV, before noting that the RSNs remain the primary delivery system for in-game baseball impressions.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The deal highlights Max’s approach in France, where the service, which launched last year, is available directly, as well as non-exclusively on pay-TV platform Canal+ and Amazon Prime.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
At the same time, buying an antenna could prove to be a good short-term investment for Comcast subscribers who want to watch the White Sox this season but aren’t ready to switch to another pay-TV provider.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Last year, the company reached new multiyear agreements for its cable networks (TNT, TBS, CNN, Discovery, HGTV, Food Network) with major pay-TV providers.
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The deal highlights Max’s approach in France, where the service, which launched last year, is available directly, as well as non-exclusively on pay-TV platform Canal+ and Amazon Prime.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
At the same time, buying an antenna could prove to be a good short-term investment for Comcast subscribers who want to watch the White Sox this season but aren’t ready to switch to another pay-TV provider.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Last year, the company reached new multiyear agreements for its cable networks (TNT, TBS, CNN, Discovery, HGTV, Food Network) with major pay-TV providers.
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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