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pay television
pay television n (Broadcasting) 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 pay′ tel′evision
n. 1. a commercial service that broadcasts television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee. 2. the programming provided. Also called pay-TV. [1955–60] Translations
pay television
pay television[′pā ′tel·ə‚vizh·ən] (communications) subscription television See PTV
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