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Pay television

Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and streaming television services. In the United States…

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Over-the-air subscription television

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Pricing and packaging

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Over-the-air subscription television

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Pay television

Nodes177
Edges176
Triples95
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011299
Components1

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Pay television

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related to Pricing and packaging · 28
Pay television → AMC Networks, American, As, Cinemax, DirecTV, Discovery, Encore, Flix, For, HBO, However, Lionsgate, Many, Paramount Skydance, Pay, Showtime, Showtime Networks, Showtime Unlimited, Some, Starz
related to Programming · 19
Pay television → Cinemax's Banshee, City, Due, Films, Game, HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, Homeland, Jett, Many, Services, Sex, Showtime's Dexter, Some, Strike Back, The Knick, The Sopranos, These, Thrones, Weeds
related to Distribution · 15
Pay television → Canal, Europe, France, ON TV, Pay, Poland, Preview, PRISM, SelecTV, Some American, Spain, Subscription, SuperTV, The, Wometco Home Theater
related to Business model · 7
Pay television → American, As, Disney, Disney Channel, In, Many, Typically
related to Free-to-view · 7
Pay television → ABC Australia, Free, FTA, FTV, National Rugby League, NRL, TV
related to Pay-per-view · 5
Pay television → In, It, Pay-per-view, PPV, Programs
see also · 4
Pay television → List, Philippines, Television, United StatesUnited States

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television services pay subscription also service premium channels content cable films hbo showtime over-the-air programming channel advertising series broadcast united

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
graphic violenceinstance ofmature content0.80text
profanityinstance ofmature content0.80text
nudityinstance ofmature content0.80text
and sexual activity.As premium television services are commonly devoid of traditional commercial advertisinginstance ofmature content0.80text
breaks between programming typically include promotions for upcoming programsinstance ofmature content0.80text
and interstitial segmentsinstance ofmature content0.80text
Amazon Prime Videoinstance ofwith services0.80text
Huluinstance ofwith services0.80text
and Netflix gaining prominenceinstance ofwith services0.80text
HBOinstance ofand existing premium networks0.80text
Pay televisionrelated to Business modelIn0.60section
Pay televisionrelated to Business modelAs0.60section

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