History of television
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- 1880's
- idea for televison first surfaced in science fiction books
- 1884
- Paul Nipkow developed rotating disk
- 1827
- 1st public televison boradcat in England
- 1928
- 1st American Television Drama "The Queen's Messenger"
- 190's
- Sarnoff perfected television
- April 30, 1939
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1st regular basic television broadcast at the World's faire in NY
Considered the debut of Television to the world - 1940's
- 1st televisions were approx. 5 in accross the screen, B&W coloring for $200-$600
- WWII
- only 6 television transmitters broadcat in US during war
- 1980's
- cable television entered the market
- 1984
- FCC eliminated the 16 min per hour limit television stations had to follow and allowed them to air as many commercials as they wanted
- 1985
- FCC ruled that a network con only have 12 VHF stations
- television
- instantanious transmission of images by electronic means over electrical transmission lines or by electromagnetic waves
- heaviest viewers
- senior citizens and house wives