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Invention of the photophone
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison came up with the Photophone. It could transfer sound, but they aimed for it to do the same with pictures at a higher quality. -
The technology works!
A man named Paul Nipkow figured out how to send multiple pictures through wires. He used a rotating disk to move the pictures. -
It was named television
The first "television" was seen at the 1900 World Fair in Paris. -
The moving picture is developed
A scientist from Scotland, named John Baird, developed a way to capture objects in motion. It was called the moving picture, and paved the way for movies and TV shows. -
The television is tested publically
The first long distance television test ran between Washington D.C. and New York. -
The first TV station is born
The first station was named W3XK. It was owned by Charles Jenkins. -
The first major television network
CBS was the first major TV network. -
Color TV is released
Color TV had been in development for many years. It was finally released to the public in 1950. -
TV from the moon
Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon and the whole world saw through their television sets. The TV revolution had begun. -
The flat screen takes over
Developers at Panasonic developed and released the flat screen TV. It quickly took over the TV market. -
The HDTV mandate
In 2009 the American people made the switch to all-digital television viewing.
