Cable Video Store
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Cable Video Store, is a defunct pay-per-view (PPV) service that was launched in 1985 by General Instruments. It was later owned by Graff Pay-Per-View. Cable Video Store consisted of one channel which carried first run movies and specials (however it did not carry the big events such as boxing or wrestling) on a PPV basis. They also offered low cost programs to buy along with the standard PPV fare.
CVS went off the air in 1997 as the result of other pay-per-view services such as Viewer's Choice (now known as In Demand
) and Request TV
that provided multi-channels of PPV and the launching of Video on Demand
on many cable systems.
CVS went off the air in 1997 as the result of other pay-per-view services such as Viewer's Choice (now known as In Demand
IN DEMAND
In Demand is a provider of pay-per-view and subscription video-on-demand services, jointly owned by Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks...
) and Request TV
Request TV
Request TV, also known as Request Television, is a defunct pay-per-view service which was owned by Liberty Media and Twentieth Century Fox that was launched in November 1985. Request TV was originally owned by Reiss Media Enterprises; Group W Satellite Communications later purchased a 50% stake in...
that provided multi-channels of PPV and the launching of Video on Demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
on many cable systems.
See also
- Request TVRequest TVRequest TV, also known as Request Television, is a defunct pay-per-view service which was owned by Liberty Media and Twentieth Century Fox that was launched in November 1985. Request TV was originally owned by Reiss Media Enterprises; Group W Satellite Communications later purchased a 50% stake in...
- In DemandIN DEMANDIn Demand is a provider of pay-per-view and subscription video-on-demand services, jointly owned by Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks...
(formerly known in the US as Viewer's Choice) - List of United States cable and satellite television networks