pay-per-view

noun

: a cable television service by which customers can order access to a particular broadcast for a fee

Examples of pay-per-view in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ali also was featured as the guest of honor when Inoki fought Ric Flair during a 1996 pay-per-view event in North Korea. Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 There's also pay-per-view and premium live event archives as well as original content, including press conferences held after premium live events, WWE career retrospectives and vlogs from wrestlers. Michelle Chapman, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024 Paul fought in the co-main event of the pay-per-view that saw Tyson fight an exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr. in 2020, which was Tyson’s first boxing match since 2006. Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024 The match will be included for all Netflix subscribers (many other boxing bouts still use a pay-per-view model), though tickets will be sold to fill the 80,000-seat arena. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024 The four prelim fights will air on ESPN as well, before turning to pay-per-view (via ESPN+) for the main card. Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024 Prime Video’s inaugural pay-per-view presentation of a Premier Boxing Champions event live streams on March 30, covering Keith Thurman vs Tim Tszyu, and Rolando Romero vs Isaac Cruz. John Archer, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Johnson, whose father Rocky Johnson and grandfather Peter Maivia were both former WWE wrestlers, made his debut with the pro wrestling company at one of its biggest events, the Survivor Series pay-per-view, in 1996. Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024 The four prelim fights will also be broadcasted on ESPN before switching to pay-per-view (via ESPN+) for the main card. Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pay-per-view was in 1978

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“Pay-per-view.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-per-view. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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pay-per-view

noun
: a cable television service by which customers can order access to a particular broadcast for a fee
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