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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Max debuts through a partnership with Aussie pay-TV market leader Foxtel, which was this week sold to sports streamer DAZN in a landscape-changing deal that has an enterprise value of $2.2B. Strewth!
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
While the cable news landscape is dominated by Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, Newsmax has grown its audience in recent years and is offered through most major pay-TV providers.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
For the new streaming service Jimmy Pitaro the ESPN Chairman says no pay-TV subscription will be needed.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
While the cable news landscape is dominated by Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, Newsmax has grown its audience in recent years and is offered through most major pay-TV providers.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
For the new streaming service Jimmy Pitaro the ESPN Chairman says no pay-TV subscription will be needed.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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