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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Live events and digital media have emerged as the primary modes of engagement outside the pay-TV bundle.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2025
While the pay-TV bundle still rakes in the highest share of profits for legacy media companies – much of which stems from the fees that pay-TV distributors hand over to the networks to be included in the bundle – that figure is in decline.
—Sarah Whitten,lillian Rizzo,alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 July 2025
And there’s no hope of winning back any of those cord-cutters; even while virtual MVPDs such as YouTube TV, Hulu Live and Fubo have helped stabilize the patient, pay-TV is still bleeding out.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 July 2025
The streaming video platform has also prospered as a pay-TV provider, surpassing 8 million subscribers on YouTube TV, though there have been signs of a cooling off of that business.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 July 2025
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2025
While the pay-TV bundle still rakes in the highest share of profits for legacy media companies – much of which stems from the fees that pay-TV distributors hand over to the networks to be included in the bundle – that figure is in decline.
—Sarah Whitten,lillian Rizzo,alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 July 2025
And there’s no hope of winning back any of those cord-cutters; even while virtual MVPDs such as YouTube TV, Hulu Live and Fubo have helped stabilize the patient, pay-TV is still bleeding out.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 July 2025
The streaming video platform has also prospered as a pay-TV provider, surpassing 8 million subscribers on YouTube TV, though there have been signs of a cooling off of that business.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 July 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 4 Aug. 2025.
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