Electrophone (information system)

The Electrophone was a distributed audio system that operated in the United Kingdom, primarily in London, between 1895 and 1925. Using conventional telephone lines, it relayed live theatre performances, music hall shows, and Sunday church services to subscribers who listened over special headsets. It ultimately failed due to the rise of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s.

^ "Telephone London" by Henry Thompson, in London Living: Vol. III, edited by George R. Sims, 1903, page 115.

[1] "Telephone London" by Henry Thompson, in London Living: Vol. III, edited by George R. Sims, 1903, page 115.

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