Timeline: Television Change over time

Jan 1, 1884

First electromechanical television

In 1884, the first electromechanical television was developed by a German student by the name of Paul Gottlieb Nipkow. http://www.ait-pro.com/aitpro-blog/915/misc-projects/history-and-facts-project/television-history-and-facts-electromechanical-tv-to-3d-tv-crt-lcd-led-plasma-hdtv-and-3d-tv-history-and-facts/

Jan 1, 1913

transmit moving silhoutte images

An American inventor, Charles Francis Jenkins also pioneered the television. He published an article on "Motion Pictures by Wireless" in 1913, but it was not until 1923 that he transmitted moving silhouette images for witnesses.

Jan 1, 1926

first successful moving pictures

In 1926, just a little after Jenkins, a British inventor known as John Logie Baird, was the first person to have succeeded in transmitting moving pictures through the mechanical disk system started by Nipkow. He also started the first ever TV studio.

Sep 7, 1927

First television

The first television was made in San Francisco on September 7, 1927 by a guy named Philo Taylor Farnsworth who was 21 years old.

Jan 1, 1928

first television station

In 1928, WRGB was started as world's first television station

Feb 20, 1941

First Try of colored tv

The first time they tried colored tv, it was an unsuccesful try of colored tv. It isn't compatible with the black and white TV's.

Dec 17, 1953

First Colored TV

A successful color television system began commercial broadcasting, first authorized by the FCC on December 17,1953 based on a system designed by RCA. In 1940, prior to RCA, CBS researchers led by Peter Goldmark invented a mechanical color television system based on the 1928 designs of John Logie Baird. https://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/kidszone/history_colortv.html