A subscription fee would address concerns among investors that TV programmers are cannibalizing their businesses by offering shows for free online with fewer ads.

付费模式可能会打消投资者的顾虑。过去投资者担心电视节目制作者免费提供的仅有少量广告支持的在线节目可能会吞噬他们原有的业务。

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Such news comes to us courtesy of British citizens who pay a TV license fee to support the BBC and taxes to support the World Service.

这些新闻是英国公民提供给我们的，他们支付电视许可费支持BBC，并缴纳税款支持BBC世界广播部。

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On Friday night, when it was too late for me to counter on television, Frank White began running a TV AD attacking me for raising the car-tag fee and telling people not to forget it.

在星期五的晚上，弗兰克·怀特开始在电视上播放一个广告，指责我提高了汽车牌照费，告诉人们不要忘了这件事。

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At the same time, Apple pitched media companies on a "best of TV" subscription service to television networks under which customers would pay a monthly fee for on-demand access to programs from a bundle of participating TV networks, giving consumers another way to readily access television content.

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Furthermore, there is pressure from the pay-TV companies over the carriage fee agreements.

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It is well known that carriage fee increases have led to several disputes between pay-TV companies and media giants.

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