On This Day in Telephone History June 15TH 1951 the first large scale Intercity Theatre Television went online. The Louis - Savold boxing match was carried to Intercity Theatres from Madison Square Garden on closed‐circuit TV over AT&T Telephone networks. It became the first professional prizefight to be televised.

On This Day in Telephone History June 15TH 1951

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On This Day in Telephone History June 15TH 1951 the first large scale Intercity Theatre Television went online. The Louis – Savold boxing match was carried to Intercity Theatres from Madison Square Garden on closed‐circuit TV over AT&T Telephone networks. It became the first professional prizefight to be televised.

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