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| Type | Cable Pay-per-view television service |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Availability | United States, national, now defunct. Existed 1985-1997. |
| Owner | General Instrument (Original) Graff Pay-Per-View (2nd) |
| Launch date | 1985; 40 years ago (1985) |
| Dissolved | May 1997; 27 years ago (1997-05) |
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) 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 on many cable systems.
See also
- Request TV
- In Demand (formerly known in the US as Viewer's Choice)
- List of United States pay television channels
References
- Jeremy Rosenberg - Cable Video Store history (Archive)
- Graff Pay-Per-View plans for CVS
- Cable Video Store will go dark this month (Archive)