Phonevision
/ˈfəʊnˌvɪʒn/Now historical
noun
A kind of pay-as-you-view television system in which a scrambled television signal could be unscrambled by telephone request.
- A trademark in the United States..
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Oelwein (Iowa) Daily Register. From either phone or phone + vision, after television.