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Cable Video Store
TypeCable Pay-per-view television service
Country
United States
AvailabilityUnited States, national, now defunct. Existed 1985-1997.
OwnerGeneral Instrument (Original)
Graff Pay-Per-View (2nd)
Launch date
1985; 39 years ago (1985)
DissolvedMay 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.[1] It was later owned by Graff Pay-Per-View.[2] 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.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Jeremy Rosenberg - Cable Video Store history (Archive)
  2. ^ Graff Pay-Per-View plans for CVS
  3. ^ Cable Video Store will go dark this month (Archive)
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