Live TV = watched while broadcast

[Neal Whitman]

On our new cable menu, one option is "Watch Live TV," meaning what I'd call
"watch TV." The earliest I've found of the new meaning ("not DVR'd for later
viewing") from a quick search of Google News Archives is from 2003:

Phone giant Sprint Corp. and a small Berkeley company today are introducing
cell phone TV, a new service that brings wireless phone users live
television broadcasts from networks like MSNBC, the California Music Channel
and the Discovery Channel.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-11-13/business/17518639_1_cell-phone-mobitv-idetic-sprint-s-pcs-vision

Antedatings are welcome. I'll add them in updates to this blog post:
http://literalminded.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/live-tv/

Neal Whitman
Email: nwhitman at ameritech.net
Blog: http://literalminded.wordpress.com

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