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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The partnership spans promotional content for Disney+ and Hulu, plus movies and theme parks, as well as advertising and pay-TV distribution.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
TelevisaUnivision and internet-delivered pay-TV service Fubo hit a carriage impasse last December, resulting in the blackout of the company’s channels.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Key milestones were reached on the production and distribution of globally appealing content, on the integration of new assets Dailymotion and GVA, and on the ongoing acquisition of Multichoice, the African pay-TV leader.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2025
In the past five years, 42% of bundled subs have cut the cord, which works out to a loss of 35.4 million pay-TV households.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
TelevisaUnivision and internet-delivered pay-TV service Fubo hit a carriage impasse last December, resulting in the blackout of the company’s channels.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Key milestones were reached on the production and distribution of globally appealing content, on the integration of new assets Dailymotion and GVA, and on the ongoing acquisition of Multichoice, the African pay-TV leader.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2025
In the past five years, 42% of bundled subs have cut the cord, which works out to a loss of 35.4 million pay-TV households.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pay-TV
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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