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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

RKO General's Phonevision has 5,000 subscribers presently watching movies in Hartford, and the company cannot decide whether to expand or give up.

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

An ambitious effort to arrange a financially happy marriage between TV and Hollywood, Phonevision gives TV set owners a chance to order movies by telephone, at $1 each.

From Time Magazine Archive

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