Is streaming audio a new thing, or was it available in Paris in 1881?

[CurtA]

Hop over the Atlantic to Paris in 1881 and you would have encountered the coin-operated “Theatrophone”, set up in hotels, cafés, clubs and theaters across the city.  The telephonic distribution system could broadcast and transmit sounds to 48 listeners at a time through various telephone lines running through the sewer systems.

 

https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/03/22/stop-everything-and-behold-this-mini-art-deco-telephone-jukebox-circa-1935/

 

 

 

[phonogfp]

Nothing is entirely new in concept, is it? 

 

But the Theatrophone operation wasn't exactly wireless...!

 

George P.

[CurtA]

3 hours ago, phonogfp said:

Nothing is entirely new in concept, is it? 

 

But the Theatrophone operation wasn't exactly wireless...!

 

George P.

No, you used the newly invented telephone technology with new recording technology... but the phone wasn't very "smart"...