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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Starring Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert, the 1986 action-adventure fantasy film grossed just $5.9 million but became a popular title in home video and pay-TV windows, spawning multiple sequels.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
Shortly before the Disney+ agreement was unveiled, Canal+ Group CEO Maxime Saada told France’s Senate that the pay-TV group would not continue investing €220 million per year in French movies if Disney was granted a nine-month window in exchange for an investment five times lower.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
The challenge will be figuring out where those audiences of influence are in a world where pay-TV is a shadow of its former self, and who, exactly, is footing the bill.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
While cord-cutting continues to accelerate, with 12% of bundled subs ditching their legacy pay-TV packages in the third quarter of 2024, the carriage fees generated by the shrinking cable business remain crucial to Fox’s balance sheet.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
Shortly before the Disney+ agreement was unveiled, Canal+ Group CEO Maxime Saada told France’s Senate that the pay-TV group would not continue investing €220 million per year in French movies if Disney was granted a nine-month window in exchange for an investment five times lower.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
The challenge will be figuring out where those audiences of influence are in a world where pay-TV is a shadow of its former self, and who, exactly, is footing the bill.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
While cord-cutting continues to accelerate, with 12% of bundled subs ditching their legacy pay-TV packages in the third quarter of 2024, the carriage fees generated by the shrinking cable business remain crucial to Fox’s balance sheet.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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