| Why Pay-Per-View is good for you! |
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You book tickets to a new movie which is been advertised too heavily in all medias far in advance. You go to the theatre. You watch the movie sitting there for 2.5 hours. And finally, the movie is disgusting. It’s just another worst movie released with a huge hype. Isn’t it time to stop blowing your dough at the local theater? Don’t you want to look at a better alternative? Don’t you want to see movies which have got a proper rating from larger number of people? Don’t you want to see only movies which are good? If your answer to any of the above questions is “YES”, then pay-per-view is the option which you must be considering. It saves you from the risk of watching a bad movie up to a large extent. Pay-per-view is the system in which television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. The event is shown at the same time to everyone ordering it, as opposed to video on demand systems, which allow viewers to see the event at any time. Events can be purchased using an on-screen guide, an automated telephone system, or through a live customer service representative. Events include feature films, sporting events, and adult movies. Pay-per-view has been around since the 1970s. However, the term "pay-per-view" wasn't widely used until the 1990s. ESPN has shown college football and basketball games on pay-per-view. The boxing undercard Latin Fury, shown on June 28 of 2003, became ESPN's first boxing pay-per-view card and also the first pay-per-view boxing card held in Puerto Rico. Pay-per-view is also a very important revenue stream for professional wrestling companies like WWE. In the U.S., two direct-to-home (DTH) digital broadcast satellite (DBS) providers DirecTV and Dish Network allow customers to order with the remote control. Similar systems are in use by Sky Digital in the United Kingdom and Foxtel and Optus in Australia. Pay-per-view has also been introduced in Europe and many other areas of the world. |
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