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
First recorded in 1955–60
Words nearby pay television
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