Phonevision
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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
Phonevision, now awaiting an FCC decision, originally used a special unscrambling signal transmitted to the set via a telephone-line attachment, and depended on the phone company to do the billing.
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
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
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