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
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
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
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