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The History of Television
The Beginning of Television…
Radio made people e accustomed to the presence of mediums in their homes.
Vladimir Zworykin & Philo Farnsworth invented television in 1927
Television was debuted at the Worlds Fair in 1932 by David Sarnoff
After WWII returning soldiers bought television sets which increased TVs in American homes
Intriguing thoughts about TV…
1946 44,000 homes owned a television
1953 50% of American homes had television sets
1992 900 million tv sets were used around the world, 201 million of these sets were in the US
Television Programming
1948-1952 Televisions Golden Age - many of tv’s most durable and creative programs were created during this era.
Television Dramas: The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy
Variety Shows: Milton Berle, Ed Sullivan, Jack Benny
Movie Studios agreed to create tv series, which started with Walt Disney’s Disneyworld in 1954
Advances in TV
Remote control 1950 invented by Zenith - Attached by a cord
-1955 First Cordless remote control
1954 First Color Television was released
1963 Sony developed recording device
1966 works were broadcasting in color
Networks
Three works created channels that dominated the television industry in 1955
NBC
ABC
CBS
1980 Fox joined the channels to e one of the top four works
Cable
Created in 1960 to pro