History Of Television by Kris Kimberlin

By kris.kimberlin

  • First TV Public Display

    First TV Public Display
    John Logie Baird gave the world's first public demonstration of a mechanical television to 40 members of the Royal Institution

  • First long distance use of television

    First long distance use of television
    Bell Telephone and the U.S. Department of Commerce conducted the first long distance use of television, which took place between Washington D.C. and New York City

  • First televison Station License

    First televison Station License
    The Federal Radio Commission issues the first television station license (W3XK) to Charles Jenkins.

  • First TV Commercial Broadcasted

    First TV Commercial Broadcasted
    Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first ever TV commercial

  • First Coaxial Cable line to transmit TV

    First Coaxial Cable line to transmit TV
    The first experimental coaxial cable lines were laid by AT&T between New York and Philadelphia in 1936

  • First High-def TV broadcasts

    First High-def TV broadcasts
    BBC starts High Definition broadcasts in London

  • TV Sets production banned for WWII

    TV Sets production banned for WWII
    The production of TVs were banned when WWII started, and until it ended

  • First Televised Heavyweight Fight

    First Televised Heavyweight Fight
    The first televised heavyweight fight (Joe Louis vs Billy Conn), viewed by a record 140,000 people.

  • First World Series Telecast

    First World Series Telecast
    The first ever telecast of a World Series game between the NY Yankees ad the Brooklyn Dodgers

  • First US coast to coast telecast

    First US coast to coast telecast
    President Trumans speech was broadcasted across the entire country

  • First recognized day TVs were now colored

    First recognized day TVs were now colored
    The first national coast-to-coast colorcast takes place, with the broadcast of the "Tournament of Roses Parade" from Pasadena, California to 21 network stations.

  • The Twlight Zone

    The Twlight Zone
    The first broadcast of the Twilight Zone

  • First Split Screen Broadcast

    First Split Screen Broadcast
    The broadcast was from the Kennedy-Nixon debates

  • TV broadcasts shown internationally

    Satellite carries broadcasts and they are internationally relayed

  • First Telecast from the Moon

    First Telecast from the Moon
    600 mMillion people watched the first ever transmission from the moon

  • Projectors

    Projectors
    Giant projection screen TV's are first marketed

  • Betamax

    Betamax
    First home video cassette recorder made by Sony

  • PBS satellite broadcasts

    PBS satellite broadcasts
    PBS become the first station to switch to all satellite delivery

  • The A-Team

    The A-Team
    The premiere of the the show "The A-Team"

  • 21 Jump Street

    21 Jump Street
    The hit TV Series 21 Jump Street premiered

  • Simpsons

    Simpsons
    The Simpsons first aired on TV

  • First Game selling

    First Game selling
    Notre Dame becomes first team to sell their game to a mahjor TV network

  • Friends

    Friends
    The popular TV show Friends is introduced and premieres

  • 1 Billion

    1 Billion
    A total of 1 billion TV sets had been sold

  • American Idol

    American Idol
    The popular singing show American Idol first premieres

  • Lost

    Lost
    TV show Lost premiers

  • The Office

    The Office
    The show The Office premieres

  • Sherlock

    The popular show Sherlock premieres

  • TWD

    The Walking Dead premieres

  • Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones premieres on TV