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Vladimir Zworykin files patent disclosure for an all-electronic color television system. Firts of its kind.
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First Public display of a TV. This is new, revolutionary, technology to the public.
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First TV is sold. It sells for an astonishing $75.
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First Presidential Election Broadcasted on TV. Transforms elections forever.
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Television broadcasts from the Berlin Olympic Games are seen by 150,000 people in public television rooms in Berlin. First televised Olympics.
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Television is introduced at the World's Fair. This new technology is now worldwide.
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John Logie Baird demonstrates a 600 line HDTV color system for television. First of its kind.
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Cable television is introduced in Pennsylvania. Transforms TV forever.
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One million homes in the United States have television sets. TV numbers grow rapidly across the US.
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Color television is introduced in the U.S. Marks a new age of TV.
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Television is introduced in Canada. Television slowly starts to spread worldwide.
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Robert Adler invents Zenith Space Commander which is the first practical remote control. Changes TV forever.
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AT&T launches Telstar, the first satellite to carry TV broadcasts and television broadcasts are relayed around the World. Turns TV into a worldwide phenonemon.
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Color television now surpasses traditional black-and-white. Marks a new age in TV.
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TV transmission from the moon watched by 600 million people. First lunar transmission.
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50% of home TVs are color television sets. Black-and-white TV's become increasingly more unfavorable.
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Giant screen projection television is first marketed. Creates a new Giant Screen Age in TV.
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Sony introduce Betamax, the first home video cassette recorder. Inrtoduces a new type of TV that you can record.
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CNN, the first all-news network, is launched by Ted Turner. Porvides viewers with 24 hour news.
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The Supreme Court rules to allow television cameras in the courtroom. Allows America to see inside the nation's most powerful courtroom.
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98% of U.S. households have at least one television set. TV becomes a neccessity.
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The television series Fresh Prince of Bel-Air begins. Gives audiences a comical, lavished Banks's family that America soon loves. Will Smith becomes a star.
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There are 900 million television sets in use around the world. TV is truly worldwide.
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201 million television sets are in the United States. Americans cannot get enough of TV.
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Television signals in both analog and digital formats. Revolutionizes TV.
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The UK switch-off of all analogue terrestrial TV broadcasts is scheduled to begin . The last regions will be switched off in 2012
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The US switch-off of all analogue terrestrial TV broadcasts is scheduled to begin. Changes TV in the US forever.
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Google TV is Created. Interconnects web and TV.
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Cloud Atlas is voted Times Worst Movie of The Year. Halle Berry stars in the movie.
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Apple Releases 3rd Generation Apple TV. Further enhances web TV streaming.
