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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While attorneys for Disney, Fox and WBD have pointed to an unsuccessful antitrust claim brought in 2011 by consumers alleging monopoly behavior by pay-TV operators (Brantley et. al v. NBCUniversal), Fubo maintains that the case is not helpful to the defense.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Rival cable giants like Charter Communications and Comcast are also targeting pay-TV cord-cutters and cord nevers with new streaming TV offerings.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
The frightening concoction is the same for all legacy media companies that rely on traditional pay-TV for the bulk of their revenue: Cable subscribers are dropping by the millions each year, and streaming – as a replacement service – is either unprofitable or barely profitable.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
There has been speculation in the industry that a legacy company with cable channels could launch a rollup vehicle, something that could acquire other channels to build scale, giving it the ability to drive harder bargains with pay-TV providers and pursuing other options in streaming.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Rival cable giants like Charter Communications and Comcast are also targeting pay-TV cord-cutters and cord nevers with new streaming TV offerings.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
The frightening concoction is the same for all legacy media companies that rely on traditional pay-TV for the bulk of their revenue: Cable subscribers are dropping by the millions each year, and streaming – as a replacement service – is either unprofitable or barely profitable.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
There has been speculation in the industry that a legacy company with cable channels could launch a rollup vehicle, something that could acquire other channels to build scale, giving it the ability to drive harder bargains with pay-TV providers and pursuing other options in streaming.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Pay-TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-TV. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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