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
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
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
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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