Cable Video Store

Infobox Network
network_name = CABLE VIDEO STORE (CVS)
network_
network_type = Cable Pay-per-view television service
available = United States, national, however service is now defunct (off the air)
owner = General Instrument (Original), Graff Pay-Per-View (2nd)

Cable Video Store (CVS), is a defunct pay-per-view (PPV) service that was launched in 1985 by General Instruments. [ [http://www.digitalmediaconference.com/rosenberg_bio.htm "Cable Video Store" history] ] It was later owned by Graff Pay-Per-View. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199210/ai_n18000203 Graff Pay-Per-View plans for CVS] ] Cable Video Store consisted of one channel which carried first run movies and specials (however it did not carry the big events such as boxing or wrestling) on a PPV basis. They also offered low cost programs to buy along with the standard PPV fare.

CVS went off the air in 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. [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19572513.html "Cable Video Store" goes dark] ]

ee also

*Request TV
*iN Demand (formerly known in the US as "Viewer's Choice")
*List of United States cable and satellite television networks

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