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Phonevision

American  
[fohn-vizh-uhn] / ˈfoʊnˌvɪʒ ən /
Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a system of transmitting television signals over telephone lines so that callers can see each other on small television receivers.


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A precursor to cable, the service used a technology called Phonevision to deliver first-run movies and live sporting events through phone lines and a decoder installed in the home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

But Zenith, too, had a stake in the backlash: The company was pushing its own alternative to broadcast TV, an early version of pay-per-view called Phonevision.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2012

Projecting the returns against a TV audience of 10 million, he estimated that movie producers could average $1,250,000 on each Phonevision film.

From Time Magazine Archive

With these words, Zenith Radio's gravel-voiced President Eugene F. McDonald Jr. this week began a trial run of his much-delayed Phonevision.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even at that modest rate, McDonald figured that Phonevision families were seeing TV films 33-times oftener than the average U.S. family was going to the movies.

From Time Magazine Archive

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