Pay-television
noun
1.
a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
2.
the programming provided.
noun
1.
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
noun
See pay TV
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