stratovisionn.
/ˈstratə(ʊ)vɪʒn/, /ˈstreɪtə(ʊ)vɪʒn/, U.S. /ˈstrædoʊˌvɪʒən/, /ˈstreɪdoʊˌvɪʒən/ U.S. Television. Now chiefly historical.
A system whereby television programmes are broadcast to a wide area by retransmission from a circling aircraft.
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radiovision1924
colour television1927
phonovision1927
Scophony1932
stratovision1945
subscription television1945
Phonevision1947
pay television1950
subscription TV1950
telemeter1951
Web TV1952
pay TV1954
toll television1956
digital television1957
slot television1958
digital TV1959
satellite television1961
satellite TV1961
cable television1965
satellite1982
1945 Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 10 Aug. 1/5 The stratovision system simply puts the antenna and transmitter in an airplane flying in lazy circles 30,000 feet above the earth.
1948 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Oct. 19/4 The East Coast and mid-West can see the remaining contests. A linking of the two networks by stratovision plane would provide the largest audience in television broadcast history.
1964 B. Grob Basic Television (ed. 3) v. 85 The UHF channels 66 to 83 are available for experimentation with this airborne television system called stratovision.
2010 R. Gamache Hist. Sports Highlights iv. 90 Stratovision was successfully used to broadcast coverage of the Republican convention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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