pay television
noun
a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
the programming provided.
Origin of pay television
1First recorded in 1955–60
- Also called pay-TV [pey-tee-vee], /ˈpeɪˌtiˈvi/, subscription television.
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British Dictionary definitions for pay television
pay television
noun
a system by which television programmes are transmitted in scrambled form, unintelligible except to those who have paid for descrambling equipment: Also called: subscription television Compare free-to-air, pay-per-view
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