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Premium television (sometimes pay television in North America) generally refers to a class of commercial-free television services which are available for subscription through cable and satellite television for fees much higher than traditional, packaged cable networks or specialty channels. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The subscription business model is a Business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service Satellite television is Television delivered by the means of Communications satellites as compared to conventional Terrestrial television and Cable This article is about the type of television channel For cable television infrastructure i A specialty channel (or speciality channel) is a Television channel which consists of Programming focused on a single type or targeted at a specific

Historically, premium services consisted of single feeds distributed on encrypted analog channels. Television encryption, often referred to as " scrambling " is Encryption used to control access to pay television services usually cable or Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Modern premium services have grown to include several "multiplex" channels and, in some cases, a video-on-demand service, and are distributed via digital means. For multiplexing in electronics and signal processing see Multiplexer. Video on demand ( VOD) or Audio video on demand ( AVOD) systems allow users to select and watch/listen In most cases they show movies throughout the day, with occasional original series, sports events, and other specials. Pay per view provides similar material without subscription, usually at a higher premium. 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

Unlike other cable networks, premium services are almost always subscribed to individually, meaning that one can, for example, subscribe to HBO without subscribing to Showtime (In Canada, there are slight modifications, as most providers include U. Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United S. superstations with their main premium package by default). For the UK radio overnight sustaining service see The Superstation. However, subscribing to an "individual" service automatically includes access to all of that service's available multiplex channels and, in some cases, access to content via video-on-demand.

Due to their high subscription fees, premium television services are generally the most profitable services in their respective territories.

Partial list of premium services

See also

For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Movie Network is an Australian Premium television movie service that consists of four channels Movie One, Movie Two (Movie One delayed by two Showtime Australia is a three-tier Australian Pay-TV movie service consisting of Showtime Showtime 2 (Showtime |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Rede Globo ( English: Globo Network, better known as TV Globo, Globo TV or simply Globo) is a Brazilian television network Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Movie Network (TMN is a Canadian English language Premium television service Movie Central (MC is a Canadian English language Premium television service Super Écran (Super Screen is a Canadian French language premium television service that broadcasts nationally via satellite or cable subscribers This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Canal+ ("Canal Plus" "C+" meaning "Channel Plus/More" in French is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984 Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Premiere is the first German Pay-TV company offering several channels of digital content via satellite and cable. Kabel Digital is a German digital cable Pay TV platform owned by Kabel Deutschland. Arena is the German Pay-TV company that secured the broadcast rights for German "Fußball Bundesliga 2006/2007" ( Football 1st and 2nd league The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Televisa is a Mexican multimedia company and is the largest media company in the Spanish -speaking world and a major player in the international entertainment Cinecanal is a Latin American panregional cable Television network launched in April 1993. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. ZON Multimédia is a Portuguese media Holding company whose main assets include a satellite, cable operator and ISP (TV TVCine is a Portuguese Premium television brand used on four movie channels operated by ZON Multimédia. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located SKY Movies is one of SKY 's movie channels in New Zealand. This channel is available on both the SKY UHF and Digital services The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United Max (or Cinemax) is a collection of cable Television networks that provide movies special features Erotica, and other services to The Movie Channel (TMC is an American premium cable television network owned by Showtime Networks Inc Starz (originally "Starz!" it dropped the exclamation point in 2005 is a US Pay TV network which features mainly first-run Motion pictures
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