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Also called subscription TV

Origin of subscription television

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby subscription television

subscribe to, subscript, subscription, subscription edition, subscription library, subscription television, subsea, subsecretariat, subsection, subsegment, subsellium

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How to use subscription television in a sentence

The last film about Martin Luther King was made for television in 1977.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The television networks interrupt their broadcasts to take the nation directly to Selma.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He appears frequently on television as a political commentator.
Will Dirty Pol Vito Fossella Replace Dirty Pol Michael Grimm?|David Freedlander|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Friday Night Lights television show featured characters talking of “Texas forever.”
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It is impossible to calculate the full effect that watching this on television, listening on the radio must have had on Sam.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’|Peter Guralnick|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Government grants amount to about two-thirds of the income, the balance being raised by public subscription and from fees.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The first volume tells all about the gittin' up of the subscription and the sailin' of the wessel.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
If a subscription has not been completed, death operates as a revocation and the subscriber's estate is not held for the amount.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
It must have been made on occasions of federal ratification, and it might then have accompanied the subscription of the name.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
It goes no further than the denunciation of the peer, and the raising of a subscription (generally inadequate) for the sufferers.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford

British Dictionary definitions for subscription television

subscription television

noun

another name for pay television

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subscription television

Origin of subscription television

Words nearby subscription television

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British Dictionary definitions for subscription television