History of television timeline

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  • The Radio

    The idea of the radio was first developed by Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi in the 1890's. In 1895, Marconi sent the first wireless morse code message to a source over a kilometer away.

  • Radio Progression

    By 1914, Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor, worked with general electric to build alternators that could sustain a consistent broadcast wave that's powerful enough to transmit voices and music over thousands of miles.

  • First Television Patent

    In 1923 Russian engineer, Vladimir Zworykin, applied for his first television patent, which he called the Iconoscope. This device could transmit images using cathode ray tubes.

  • First True Television Demenstration

    John Baird, a Scottish engineer gave the first demonstration of true television to 50 scientists in central London.

  • First Television Transmission

    Baird's new company, the Baird Television Development Company achieved its first television transmission between London and New York. Baird also was the first to have a television transmission sent to a ship in mid-Atlantic.

  • First Television Commercial

    In 1930 the first television commercial was broadcasted by Charles Jenkins

  • All Electric Television System

    The all electronic television system was introduced at the 1939 world's fair.

  • First Color Television

    Peter Goldmark demonstrated his color television to the FCC in 1946. His system produced color pictures by having a red-blue-green wheel spin in front of a cathode ray tube.

  • TV On The Moon

    In in 1969 600 million people watched the first Tv transmission made from the moon.

  • First Flat Screen TV

    First Flat Screen TV
    In 1964 the first flat screen tv was invented by a team at the University of illinois, this tv was only a few inches in size.

  • Bigger Screens

    The Sony and Sharp corporations agreed on a joint venture to produce larger flat screen tvs. In 1997 the first 42 inch flat screen tv was introduced.

  • The Bigger The Better

    TVs as large ast 103 inches were produced

  • Movie Theater in Your Living Room

    Sony created 3D TVs so that families can have a movie theater in their living room.

  • Curved Television

    In 2013 curved TVs were released into the world. Both Samsung and Sony claim to be responsible for the world's first OLED curved TV.

  • Modern Day

    Today, smart TVs of all shapes and sizes are available, with 4k resolution, the television is the perfect distraction from everyday life.