Phonevision

[fohn-vizh-uhn]

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.

Example Sentences

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.

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It’s not unreasonable, Podrazik said, to think that a widely adopted Telemeter or Phonevision system could have ushered in a wave of more sophisticated TV, just as HBO’s “The Sopranos” influenced both free- and pay-TV content after debuting in 1999.

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Phonevision came and went in various cities before finally disappearing in 1969.

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Another early pay-TV experiment was called Phonevision.

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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.

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