pay television

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For years, channels would temporarily disappear from cable services amid disputes over carriage fees, or what carriers pay television companies for the rights to show their programming.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

"We have Australian content requirements on free-to-air television and pay television, but until now, there has been no guarantee that we could see our own stories on streaming services," Burke said.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Discovery are struggling with the transition to online streaming from traditional businesses, like linear pay television.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

A newspaperman at heart, Murdoch sensed by the 1980s that the media was changing and that pay television would be a central plank of the future.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Consumers could have an incentive to get rid of their expensive pay television packages, adopting cheaper streaming alternatives.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2021