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1862
a still picture was transmitted through a wire. -
1927
1st moving images were transmitted between Washington, DC and New York City. -
1936
200 TV sets in the U.S. -
1936
The Canadian Broadcasting Act replaced the CRBC with a Crown Corporation, and Canada's national public broadcaster was born. -
1939
the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) broadcast the first televised Presidential speech, delivered by F.D. Roosevelt. -
1944
The basic national radio network was renamed the Trans-Canada Network and the Dominion Network was also formed, linking CJBC Toronto with 34 private stations to offer an alternative lighter service. -
1946
Creation of the radio station Radio Saint-Boniface, in Manitoba, provided the first French language network station outside of the Province of Québec. -
1948
1 million TV sets in the U.S. and Community Antenna Television was introduced in mountainous rural areas of Pennsylvania. This became what we now know as cable TV. -
1948
Television was mostly “live” as programs were broadcast as they were being performed. Programs recorded onto film were very poor quality. -
1951
Special coverage of the four-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. -
1962
Satellite broadcasting was introduced and made it possible to send and receive television signals anywhere in the world. -
1969
Satellite broadcasting allowed people around the world to watch the images transmitted from the moon landing -
1969
Tobacco advertising was discontinued on CBC/Radio-Canada airwaves. -
1972
The national public broadcaster's International Service was renamed Radio Canada International (RCI). -
1972
The CRTC invited proposals for the future development of pay TV -
1976
A practical videotape recording system for home use became available. -
1976
A practical videotape recording system for home use became available -
1978
CRTC denies pay TV applications. -
1979
The start of live television coverage of House of Commons via satellite and cable TV. -
1982
The opening of Cancom, a network service to provide remote communities with television services by satellite. -
1983
Consumers could subscribe to direct delivery of programming to their homes, instead of cable systems or conventional broadcast programming. -
1987
The CRTC licensed 10 new specialty channels: nine on basic cable at the option of cable distributors and one pay TV service. -
1987
The CRTC also authorized the distribution of The Sports Network and MuchMusic on basic cable. -
1991
CBC Toronto consolidated its operations into one downtown location, the new state-of-the-art Canadian Broadcasting Centre. -
1995
Over 1 billion TV sets worldwide. -
1996
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the broadcast standards for high-definition television (HDTV). -
1996
in Atlanta and 1998 in Nagano, Japan. -
1997
CBC/Radio-Canada launches a new digitial audio music service, Galaxie. -
• 1998
The International Olympic Committee awarded Canada's national public broadcaster, in partnership with NetStar, broadcast rights for the next five Olympic Games; this was in addition to the previous two Games -
• 1998
The CRTC's licensing of Star Choice, opens up competition in the delivery of satellite radio and television services. -
1998
For the first time in 17 years, CBC made a presentation before the CRTC on its review of television policy in Canada. -
2001
Le Centre de l'information in Montréal, a state-of-the-art facility for gathering and producing news for Télévision de Radio-Canada and RDI, was opened. -
2002
The FCC mandated that TV manufacturers must equip all new TVs with tuners capable of receiving digital signals by 2007. -
2007
3.7 million people tuned in to CBC Television to watch the first episode of Little Mosque on the Prairie, a comedic look at a small Muslim community interacting with the other residents of a little prairie town. -
2007
• 2007- As of January 1st, Sirius Canada Satellite Radio had achieved 300,000 subscribers (six of Sirius Canada's 11 Canadian channels are provided by CBC/Radio-Canada). -
2007
CBC Television captured its first ever television Broadcaster of the Year Award at the prestigious New York Festivals.
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2009
The FCC mandates no more broadcasting by antennae, only by digital. The transmission frequencies are sold to improve wireless internet capabilities for handheld devices. -
2009
CBC Television marked two important milestones - one, the first time that a Canadian-only prime-time schedule had beaten a predominantly American prime-time schedule, and two - that CBC Television had become the second-most-watched network in Canada. -
2017
TVS are the size of a wall and are combined with the internet so all your shows are watched online -
2021
Children’s shows are all educational and no fun and they have to be a lot smart to control the TV’s since it’s all connected to the internet -
2037
• 2037- There will be no more TV’s, just flat 100 inch by 80 inch platforms on the ground that project a hologram which you watch.
