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  • 1862

    1862
    a still picture was transmitted through a wire.

  • 1927

    1st moving images were transmitted between Washington, DC and New York City.

  • 1936

    200 TV sets in the U.S.

  • 1939

    1939
    the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) broadcast the first televised Presidential speech, delivered by F.D. Roosevelt.

  • 1948

    1948
    Television was mostly “live” as programs were broadcast as they were being performed. Programs recorded onto film were very poor quality.

  • 1948

    1948
    1 million TV sets in the U.S. and Community Antenna Television was introduced in mountainous rural areas of Pennsylvania. This became what we now know as cable TV.

  • 1962

    1962
    Satellite broadcasting was introduced and made it possible to send and receive television signals anywhere in the world.

  • 1969

    1969
    Satellite broadcasting allowed people around the world to watch the images transmitted from the moon landing.

  • 1976

    1976
    A practical videotape recording system for home use became available.

  • 1983

    1983
    Consumers could subscribe to direct delivery of programming to their homes, instead of cable systems or conventional broadcast programming.

  • 1995

    Over 1 billion TV sets worldwide.

  • 1996

    1996
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the broadcast standards for high-definition television (HDTV).

  • 2002

    2002
    The FCC mandated that TV manufacturers must equip all new TVs with tuners capable of receiving digital signals by 2007.

  • 2009

    2009
    The FCC mandates no more broadcasting by antennae, only by digital. The transmission frequencies are sold to improve wireless internet capabilities for handheld devices.