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Giovanni Caselli invented the pantelegraph becoming the first person to transmit an image over wires.
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Russian Constantin Perskyi introduces the word television at the 1st International Congress of Electricity in Paris.
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Web-TV was introduced as a television based Internet service.
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John Logie Baird presents the first moving television pictures via a mechanical system.
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Vladimir Zworykin demonstrates the first practical electronic system for both the transmission and reception
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Peter Goldmark invents the first color television.
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Cable was available for people who had televisions, this allowed to watch more channels.
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Viewdata, an online data service that used televisions to access data services, was launched.
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First 21-inch full color plasma TV was introduced.
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A first patent appeared in 1994 (and extended the following year) for an "intelligent" television system, linked with data processing systems.
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Fujitsu introduced the first 42-inch (107 cm) plasma display.
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In more recent years televisions have had network features being added.
