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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For the first quarter of 2024, Dish’s net pay-TV subscribers decreased by 348,000, closing the period with 6.26 million Dish TV subscribers and 1.92 million Sling TV subscribers.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 June 2024
The pay-TV company did commit to finishing all shows in physical production, while those in development were paused.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 June 2024
The decline of pay-TV and our collective disregard for antennae and rabbit ears have hampered the over-the-air networks as well, with broadcast penetration slipping from 84% at the start of 2020 to 66% now.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
French media and telecom conglomerate Vivendi’s pay-TV unit Canal+ Group has increased its stake in Asian streamer Viu to 36.8 percent, the company said on Thursday.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
Years of cord-cutting may have had the perverse effect of stabilizing scores in the former category, where pay-TV operators averaged a score of 70.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 4 June 2024
Founded by former Sony executives Andy Kaplan and George Chien, KC Global Media Asia operates premium pay-TV channels in South-East Asia and Korea, including AXN, anime channel Animax, South Korea’s ONE and Japanese entertainment channel GEM.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 May 2024
The problem for the entertainment conglomerates was that blowing up the pay-TV bundle meant incinerating the fees that cable and satellite companies pay for their channels.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
EchoStar’s total pay-TV subscriber base, as of the end of the first quarter, stood at 8.178 million.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 June 2024
The pay-TV company did commit to finishing all shows in physical production, while those in development were paused.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 June 2024
The decline of pay-TV and our collective disregard for antennae and rabbit ears have hampered the over-the-air networks as well, with broadcast penetration slipping from 84% at the start of 2020 to 66% now.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
French media and telecom conglomerate Vivendi’s pay-TV unit Canal+ Group has increased its stake in Asian streamer Viu to 36.8 percent, the company said on Thursday.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
Years of cord-cutting may have had the perverse effect of stabilizing scores in the former category, where pay-TV operators averaged a score of 70.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 4 June 2024
Founded by former Sony executives Andy Kaplan and George Chien, KC Global Media Asia operates premium pay-TV channels in South-East Asia and Korea, including AXN, anime channel Animax, South Korea’s ONE and Japanese entertainment channel GEM.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 May 2024
The problem for the entertainment conglomerates was that blowing up the pay-TV bundle meant incinerating the fees that cable and satellite companies pay for their channels.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
EchoStar’s total pay-TV subscriber base, as of the end of the first quarter, stood at 8.178 million.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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