: 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

Examples of pay-TV in a Sentence

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The statement also affirmed that SiriusXM will abide by the Federal Trade Commission’s new rule for a wide range of subscriptions, from streaming to pay-TV to gym memberships. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024 That would have created the largest U.S. provider in the declining pay-TV industry with around 18 million customers. Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024 Moffett, the analyst, said the cable channel company will face considerable challenges maintaining the channels’ position in the pay-TV and advertising markets. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 Ten years later, while Comcast remains one of the nation’s largest pay-TV distributors (along with Charter), the number of subscribers has dropped to 12.8 million. Brad Adgate, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pay-TV 

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pay-TV was in 1954

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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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