pay-TV

noun

ˈpā-ˈtē-ˈvē

: 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

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Sky, which is in the same stable as Peacock, has now swooped in to strike a major UK deal for its channels and NOW streaming service, coming a few days after the pay-TV giant bought Emmy-winner Hacks. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2025 In an unprecedented move, The Investigation, which was released theatrically last year, will go out in Germany today across all home entertainment platforms, including pay-TV network Sky, French-German public broadcaster ARTE, and regional networks BR and WDR. —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025 College football isn’t alone in having to deal with the downstream effects of the withering pay-TV universe. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Jan. 2025 There was a time – broadly last decade – when experiments ran wild at pay-TV operators and an early Netflix. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pay-TV