pay TV
Noun
Meaning
pay TV (uncountable)
A system whereby viewers pay to subscribe to specific broadcast television channels or programme typically used in cable television services
Synonym: feevee
pay-TV (uncountable)
Alternative spelling of pay TV
Alternative names
pay-TV
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Examples
As for the pay-TV landscape overall amid continued cord-cutting, Sapan noted, “This is an ecosystem in which MVPDs can flourish if they are sensitive to the multiple business lines that people are in. It takes some balance and some delicate development.”
Customers continue to flee pay-TV as they flock to cheaper streaming platforms.
Established state-run and commercial TV networks broadcast nationally and compete actively against each other, and hundreds of thousands of viewers subscribe to satellite pay-TV services.
MultiChoice said at the time encryption was unnecessary for set-top box control, and it was a way to get the poor to subsidise Etv’s entry into the pay-TV space.
In February 2007, the 1982 LWT series was repeated on pay-TV channel Paramount 2. In December 2010 BBC Two showed selected late night repeats of the BBC series, which ran nightly from 23–30 December.
HBO Go launched in 2010 to give customers of pay-TV and Amazon Prime the option of accessing HBO shows on smart TVs and mobile devices.