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The AT&T Picturephone, a black-and-white analog videophone introduced in 1971.
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  • videophone
    videophone
    / Early videophones

    …experimental videophone system, known as Picturephone, in 1963. By 1968 Bell engineers had developed a second-generation Picturephone, which was put into public service in 1971.

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    …experimental videophone system, known as Picturephone, in 1963. By 1968 Bell engineers had developed a second-generation Picturephone, which was put into public service in 1971.

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  • videoconferencing
    / The rise and fall of the Picturephone

    …videoconferencing tool—a videophone called the Picturephone—at the World’s Fair. After spending $500 million on development and predicting one million users by 1980, AT&T was stunned when the Picturephone turned out to be a financial failure, garnering only about 500 subscribers.

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    …videoconferencing tool—a videophone called the Picturephone—at the World’s Fair. After spending $500 million on development and predicting one million users by 1980, AT&T was stunned when the Picturephone turned out to be a financial failure, garnering only about 500 subscribers.

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