SelecTV USA

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SelecTV was a subscription television service established in 1976.

The service worked by using a decoder box to unscramble a signal sent by a local UHF television station. In Los Angeles, this signal aired on KWHY during nighttime hours. SelecTV also aired in Milwaukee on WCGV, channel 24 (now MyNetworkTV).

In 1983, the service went national via satellite and was later purchased by Starion Entertainment, which eventually dropped the SelecTV branding in the late 1980s and renamed it Starion Premiere Cinema. The service ceased operations in 1991.

Unlike rival service OnTV, SelecTV specialized in airing movies and did not air sports events. In the early '80s, the Los Angeles service simulcast some shows from Z Channel. By 1984, OnTV and SelecTV had merged and some sports were broadcast on the combined service. Most of those events were simulcast from Prime Ticket, which was then a new regional sports network.