Cable Video Store

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Cable Video Store
Type Cable pay-per-view television service
Country
United States
AreaNationwide
OwnerGeneral Instrument (1986–92)
Graff Pay-Per-View (1992–97)
Launch date
October 1, 1986;38 years ago (1986-10-01)
DissolvedMay 1997;28 years ago (1997-05)

Cable Video Store (CVS), was a pay-per-view (PPV) service that was launched on October 1, 1986 by American Cablesystems. [1] General Instrument developed the specialized set-top box that was used to deliver the service, called The Jerrold system. [2] [3] Mark Graff, Founder and President of Graff Pay-Per-View, later purchased CVS. [4] 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.

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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. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ McLean, Robert A. (September 29, 1986). "Pay-per-movie cable service set". The Boston Globe. p. 26. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ McLean. "Pay-per-movie cable service set".
  3. ↑ Jeremy Rosenberg - Cable Video Store history (Archive)
  4. ↑ Mark Graff, LinkedIn Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ Cable Video Store will go dark this month (Archive)
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