Cable Video Store (CVS), was a pay-per-view (PPV) service that was launched in 1985 by
General Instrument. 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
boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...
) 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) and
Request TV 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 ...
on many cable systems.
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See also
* Request TV
* In Demand (formerly known in the US as Viewer's Choice)
* List of United States pay television channels
References
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