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单词 pay tv
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pay TVn.

Brit. /ˌpeɪ tiːˈviː/, U.S. /ˌpeɪ tiˈvi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pay v.1, TV n.1
Etymology: < pay v.1 + TV n.1 Compare slightly later pay television n. at pay v.1 Compounds 1c.
Originally U.S.
(A system of) television broadcasting in which viewers pay to subscribe to particular channels or to watch particular programmes.In quot. 1954: a system using closed-circuit television to broadcast a performance to cinemas across the U.S.
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radiovision1924
colour television1927
phonovision1927
Scophony1932
stratovision1945
subscription television1945
Phonevision1947
pay television1950
subscription TV1950
telemeter1951
Web TV1952
pay TV1954
toll television1956
digital television1957
slot television1958
digital TV1959
satellite television1961
satellite TV1961
cable television1965
satellite1982
1954 N.Y. Times 27 Jan. 29/8 (headline) '54 opera opening to play on pay TV.
1955 Newsweek 12 Feb. 28 (heading) Communications: pay-TV coming?
1956 Britannica Bk. of Year 1955 445/2 The principal advocates of the pay-TV theory maintained that programmes of a quality and scope too expensive for standard television broadcasters should be made available to viewers willing to pay for them.
1972 Listener 8 June 773/2 Pay-TV was expensive and offered very little that was new.
1990 Littlewoods Catal. Spring–Summer 910/3 (caption) It is possible that during Spring 1990 Lifestyle and Screensport will become ‘Pay TV’ services requiring an access decoder.
2003 Canberra Times (Nexis) 13 Dec. a21 Coming up is the Golden Globes (next week), the Oscars, the Logies and many more, especially if you have pay-TV.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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