pay tv
pay tv — 名詞
1. a television service you pay a subscription to receive, giving you access to cha
付費電視
需付費訂閱才能收看的電視服務
a television service you pay a subscription to receive, giving you access to channels and programmes that are not available for free
Rohan subscribed to pay TV just to watch the cricket World Cup final.
Rohan 訂閱了付費電視，就是為了看板球世界盃決賽。
subscribe to + pay TV + for + purpose
Tyler thinks pay TV costs too much now that streaming apps are everywhere.
Tyler 覺得現在串流應用程式這麼多，付費電視太貴了。
The hotel room includes pay TV, but the Wi-Fi is completely free.
這間飯店房間包含付費電視，但 Wi-Fi 完全免費。
Manuela cancelled her pay TV package after the monthly bill nearly doubled.
月費幾乎翻倍後，Manuela 取消了她的付費電視方案。
Yasmin and her flatmates share one pay TV account across three devices.
Yasmin 和她的室友共用一個付費電視帳號，在三台裝置上觀看。
- subscription television
a more formal term, often used in industry or regulatory contexts
- premium TV
emphasises higher-quality or exclusive content rather than the payment model itself
- cable TV
a specific type of pay TV delivered through underground cables; not all pay TV is cable
- free-to-air TV
television channels you can watch without any payment or subscription
- broadcast TV
traditional television transmitted over the air and received with an antenna at no cost
文法句型
pay TV + channel/package/subscription/service
用法筆記
Uncountable — do not say 'a pay TV'. Use a phrase like 'a pay TV subscription' or 'a pay TV package' instead.