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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There has been speculation in the industry that a legacy company with cable channels could launch a rollup vehicle, something that could acquire other channels to build scale, giving it the ability to drive harder bargains with pay-TV providers and pursuing other options in streaming.
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
With the contraction in the pay-TV environment, NBCU has over the years shut down underperforming cablers like G4, Cloo, Esquire Network and NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) in contrast to some of its peers.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
Connectivity & Platforms, the division housing the company’s broadband and pay-TV businesses, saw total revenue slip less than 1% to $20.3 billion, with adjusted EBITDA rising a fraction of a percentage point to $8.3 billion.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Though non-subscribers were shut out from Dodgers games for years, Spectrum reached a deal in 2020 to broadcast games on DirecTV and U-Verse (though other pay-TV operators, such as Cox, are still excluded).
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
With the contraction in the pay-TV environment, NBCU has over the years shut down underperforming cablers like G4, Cloo, Esquire Network and NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) in contrast to some of its peers.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
Connectivity & Platforms, the division housing the company’s broadband and pay-TV businesses, saw total revenue slip less than 1% to $20.3 billion, with adjusted EBITDA rising a fraction of a percentage point to $8.3 billion.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Though non-subscribers were shut out from Dodgers games for years, Spectrum reached a deal in 2020 to broadcast games on DirecTV and U-Verse (though other pay-TV operators, such as Cox, are still excluded).
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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