Television: Giant Theater

FIRST IN THE WORLD TO ENJOY "TELEMOVIE" YOUR LIVING ROOM THEATER.

Thus newspaper ads last week announced the debut of subscription- television this summer in the growing Oklahoma oil town of Bartlesville (pop: 28,000), 60 miles north of Tulsa. Starting in June, Bartlesville TV families will be able to watch 13 first-run Hollywood films a month on their home sets, free of commercials, at a cost of $9.50, or 73ยข a movie.

For the U.S. at large, subscription TV is still a troublesome issue held at arm's length by the Federal Communications Commission. FCC has...

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