The Reading project avoids the lure of instant politics, using two-way television to recreate the look and sound of real conversation between city councilors and citizens.
In 1931, AT&T conducted the first test of a concept that was like two-way television.
It wasn't interactive two-way television, but one-way television and two-way voice.
For example, the telescreens (two-way televisions used for propaganda and surveillance purposes) in their homes can be turned off.
Today's action indicates that the agency now believes the technology for two-way interactive television has advanced to the point where it is ready for commercial use.
It is closing full-service branches, but it has opened nine fully automated branches with two-way television in shopping malls and other retail locations.
The antennas are also used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit two-way amateur television.
The tech company describes the innovation as "two-way television".
The parents were not used to meeting strangers on two-way television.