Thursday, September 04, 2014

Back when pay TV meant these things


4 comments:

  1. The concept of a pay TV service goes back to the 1950s.

    Originally such a service was supposed to be commercial-free, but unfortunately it didn't turn out that way as many of the proposed rules have already been broken.

    See this newspaper article from 1969: "Pay TV Stirs Theater Fight"

    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19690610&id=3AMqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6136,6647625

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  2. Ottawa bus station, 1987:

    http://www.blork.org/mondaymorning/index.php?showimage=3

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  3. Airports had those, too. Remember them very well.

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  4. Street bums loved those things & they could fall asleep there too.

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