history of the television

  • first idea of the television is proposed

    first idea of the television is proposed
    a 23-year old german university student named paul nipkow proposed and patented the first electromechanical television system.
  • first electronic tv

    first electronic tv
    the first television system using fully electronic scanning and display elements was in vented by hungarian engineer Kálmán Tihanyi.
  • first recording system

    first recording system
    scottish inventer john baird invented the worlds first video recording system.
  • first British television broadcast

    first British television broadcast
    The first British television broadcast was made by Baird Television's electromechanical system over the BBC radio transmitter.
  • the US is the first country to have tvs in houses

    the US is the first country to have tvs in houses
    the united states was the first country to get television between 1930-1939
  • first flat tv

    first flat tv
    the first flat panel display system was invented by Kálmán Tihanyi
  • small amount of comercials on first tvs

    programs were hosted by single advertisers during the 1940s and into the 1950s
  • world's first 625-line television

    world's first 625-line television
    The world's first 625-line television standard was designed in the Soviet Union.
  • first broadcast in 625-line standard

    first broadcast in 625-line standard
    The first broadcast in 625-line standard occurred in Moscow.
  • many people in the UK own tvs

    it is estimated that approximately 26.8 million UK private domestic households own televisions, with approximately 25 million TV Licences in all premises in force as of 2010