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
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While traditional pay-TV is in steady decline, FAST services are scaling rapidly, both in terms of user engagement and advertising revenue.
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Callum McLennan, Variety, 27 May 2025
The parties will be hashing out specific options and pricing for and integration of the stand-alone service into their offerings or granting access to existing subscribers, all while looking to safeguard ESPN’s legacy position in the pay-TV bundle.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Plus, people are ditching their pay-TV packages for cheaper streaming options and further chipping away at the cable companies’ once-lucrative bottom lines.
—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
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Callum McLennan, Variety, 27 May 2025
The parties will be hashing out specific options and pricing for and integration of the stand-alone service into their offerings or granting access to existing subscribers, all while looking to safeguard ESPN’s legacy position in the pay-TV bundle.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Plus, people are ditching their pay-TV packages for cheaper streaming options and further chipping away at the cable companies’ once-lucrative bottom lines.
—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
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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