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, launched = {{Start date and age, 1985} , dissolved = {{end date and age, 1997, 5 , country =
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Pay-per-view television service , available =
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, national, now defunct. Existed 1985-1997. , owner = General Instrument (Original)
Graff Pay-Per-View (2nd) Cable Video Store (CVS), was a pay-per-view (PPV) service that was launched in 1985 by
General Instrument General Instrument (GI) was an American electronics manufacturer based in Horsham, Pennsylvania, specializing in semiconductors and cable television equipment. They formed in New York City in 1923 as an electronics manufacturer. During the 1950s, ...
. 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 major sporting events, such as
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) on a PPV basis. They also offered low cost programs to buy along with the standard PPV fare. CVS went off the air in May 1997 as the result of other pay-per-view services such as Viewer's Choice (now known as
In Demand In Demand (stylized as iN DEMAND) is an American cable television service which provides video on demand services, including pay-per-view. Comcast, Cox Communications, and Charter Communications (with former independent companies Time Warner ...
) and
Request TV Request TV, also known as Request Television, is a defunct pay-per-view service 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 C ...
that provided multi-channels of PPV and the launching of
Video on Demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of o ...
on many cable systems.''Cable Video Store'' will go dark this month (Archive)
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Request TV Request TV, also known as Request Television, is a defunct pay-per-view service 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 C ...
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In Demand In Demand (stylized as iN DEMAND) is an American cable television service which provides video on demand services, including pay-per-view. Comcast, Cox Communications, and Charter Communications (with former independent companies Time Warner ...
(formerly known in the US as Viewer's Choice) * List of United States pay television channels


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Defunct television networks in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1985 Television channels and stations disestablished in 1997 1985 establishments in the United States