Television

History of Television

By Tanyak1
  • Electromagnetism

    Electromagnetism

    Joseph Henry's and Michael Faraday's work with electromagnetism jumpstarts the era of electronic communication.
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  • First Still Image Transferred

    First Still Image Transferred

    Abbe Giovanna Caselli invents his Pantelegraph and becomes the first person to transmit a still image over wires.
  • Transforming images into electronic signals.

    Transforming images into electronic signals.

    Scientists May and Smith experiment with selenium and light, this reveals the possibilty for inventors to transform images into electronic signals.
  • Selenium camera

    Selenium camera

    Boston civil servant George Carey was thinking about complete television systems and in 1877 he put forward drawings for what he called a selenium camera that would allow people to see by electricity
  • Devices that transmit image as well as sound.

    Devices that transmit image as well as sound.

    Inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison theorize about telephone devices that transmit image as well as sound.
  • Lines of Resolution

    Lines of Resolution

    Paul Nipkow sends images over wires using a rotating metal disk technology calling it the electric telescope with 18 lines of resolution
  • First Moving Silhouette Images

    First Moving Silhouette Images

    American Charles Jenkins and John Baird from Scotland, each demonstrate the mechanical transmissions of images over wire circuits
  • First TV studio

    First TV studio

    John Baird opens the first TV studio, however, the image quality was poor.
  • First TV commercial

    First TV commercial

    Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV commercial.
    The BBC begins regular TV transmissions.
  • 1 billion TV sets world wide

    1 billion TV sets world wide

    The FCC approves ATSC's HDTV standard.
    A billion TV sets world-wide.