Cable Video Store (CVS), was a pay-per-view (PPV) service that was launched in 1985 by

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. It was later owned by Graff Pay-Per-View. Cable Video Store consisted of one channel which carried first run movies and specials (however, it did not carry major sporting events, such as

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) 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

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) and Request TV that provided multi-channels of PPV and the launching of

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on many cable systems.''Cable Video Store'' will go dark this month (Archive)
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Defunct television networks in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1985 Television channels and stations disestablished in 1997 1985 establishments in the United States

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