pay-TV

noun

ˈpā-ˈtē-ˈvē

: 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 tv

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While DirecTV continues to be the nation’s largest pay-TV distributor via satellite, consumers continue to drop cable TV for less expensive alternatives such as streaming. —

Brad Adgate, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 Total bundled pay-TV subscribers (minus the virtual multi-video distributors, such as DirecTV Stream) is now 48.18 million. —

Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2025 The DirecTV deal comes after Warner Bros. Discovery inked similar multiyear pacts with Comcast and Charter Communications, the two biggest U.S. pay-TV distributors. —

Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025 The pay-TV provider has launched MySports, a sports streaming service with access to content from 40 sports and broadcast channels, including ESPN, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, Golf Channel, MLB Network, NBA TV, NFL Network, NHL Network, TBS, and TNT. —

Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pay-TV