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
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
The last time actors went on strike against the studios was in 1980 in a three-month walkout over profits from home videocassettes and pay television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
In its letter to shareholders, Netflix said the industry overall was “still very much in the early days” of the transition from traditional pay television to streaming.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
