Vintage ON TV Subscription TV Pay Converter Decoder Box

Description

This listing is for an extremely rare ON Subscription TV "ON TV" decoder box.
ON TV was the first pay TV service available in Los Angeles and other markets from 1977-1985.
This box is in excellent condition for its age showing only minor wear as pictured.
This item is being sold as a historical/collectible display piece only and is considered non functional since there is no way to test it.
Due to the rare nature of this item there will be no returns. All sales are final.
ON TV
was an American
subscription television
(STV) service that operated in eight markets between 1977 and 1985. Originally established by National Subscription Television, a joint venture of Oak Industries and Chartwell Communications, ON TV was part of a new breed of STV operations that broadcast premium programming—including movies, sporting events, and concerts—over an encrypted signal on a
UHF television
station and leased
decoders
to subscribing customers. At its peak in 1982, ON TV boasted more than 700,000 customers—more than half of them in
Los Angeles
, its most successful market. However, the rapidly expanding availability of cable television, coupled with a recession, caused the business to quickly lose subscribers at the same time that Oak Industries was experiencing severe financial difficulties. Between March 1983 and June 1985, all eight operations closed.