Pay television or Premium Television refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analogue and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly by digital terrestrial methods. The subscription business model is a Business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Analog transmission is a method of conveying voice data image signal or video information using a continuous signal which varies in amplitude phase or some other property in proportion Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and Satellite television is Television delivered by the means of Communications satellites as compared to conventional Terrestrial television and Cable Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and Some parts of the world, notably in France and the US, have also offered encrypted analog terrestrial signals, available for subscription. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Analog transmission is a method of conveying voice data image signal or video information using a continuous signal which varies in amplitude phase or some other property in proportion The subscription business model is a Business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service

Price

Pay television channels come in different price ranges. Many channels carrying advertising combine this income with a lower subscription fee. These are called "mini-pay" channels and are often sold as a part of a package with numerous similarly priced channels. Sometimes, the channels are also sold "à la carte", allowing the consumer to select which channels they subscribe to.

There are also premium television services which have a significantly higher price than the mini-pay channels, but they compensate for their higher price by carrying little or no advertising and also providing a higher quality output.

As advertising sales are sensitive to the business cycle, some broadcasters try to balance them with more stable income from subscriptions. The term business cycle or economic cycle refers to the fluctuations of economic activity during its long term growth trend

Distribution

Pay television has become popular with cable and satellite television. Satellite television is Television delivered by the means of Communications satellites as compared to conventional Terrestrial television and Cable

There have also been some subscription services on analogue terrestrial television, but free-to-air television dominated and scrambled services were rare. Canal+ has operated a national pay channel in the French terrestrial network since 1984 and will do so until the closedown of analogue television. Canal+ ("Canal Plus" "C+" meaning "Channel Plus/More" in French is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984 Spanish Canal+ did also broadcast nationally between 1990-2005. Canal+ is a Spanish pay television channel launched in September 1990 on Terrestrial television frequencies Some US stations launched services such SuperTV, Wometco, Prism,Preview (TV channel),SelecTV and ON-TV in the late '70s, but those services disappeared as they couldn't handle the competition from cable television. Super TV was an early form of subscription television featuring recently-run movies unedited and commercial-free PRISM (Philadelphia Regional In-Home Sports and Movies was a 24-hour premium Cable television channel intended for cable customers in the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Preview was a Subscription television service started in 1980 similar to ON TV and Select TV. SelecTV was a subscription ( Pay TV) television service beginning operation in 1976 and ending in 1991 For the station in Hamilton Ontario that used the branding "OnTV" during the 1990s see CHCH-TV.

In some countries, the launch of digital terrestrial television has meant that pay television has become increasingly popular in countries with regular antennas. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and

The major distributors of Pay Television in Australia are Foxtel, Optus Television and Austar,SelectTv both of which provide Cable services in some Metropolitan areas, and Satellite for regional areas of the country. Foxtel is an Australian Pay television company formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Optus Television is the Cable television division of Australian Telecommunications company Optus. AUSTAR is an Australian Telecommunications company Its main business activity is Pay TV, although it is also involved with Internet access and

Ambiguities

Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view (PPV) services are similar to subscription-based pay TV services in that you must pay to have the broadcast decrypted for viewing, but usually only entail a one-off payment for a single or time-limited viewing. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event

Free-to-view

"Free" variants are free-to-air (FTA) and free-to-view (FTV), however FTV services are normally encrypted and decryption cards either come as part of an initial subscription to a pay TV bouquet or can be purchased for a one-off cost. Free-to-air (FTA Television (TV and Radio broadcasts are sent unencrypted and may be received via any suitable receiver Free-to-view Free-to-view ( FTV) is a term used in the United Kingdom for certain television channels on the Sky Digital satellite platform which require a working

Selective access of free content

• FTA and FTV systems may still have selective access. ABC Asia-Pacific is one example. The Australia Network, originally Australia Television and later ABC Asia Pacific, is a Free-to-air international satellite television service This channel's content is free-to-air but NRL games are encrypted.

See also

• Premium television - previously known as "pay television" in North America
• Pirate decryption