Television Timeline

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  • The First TV

    The First TV
    The first TV was invented by a 21 year old inventor named Philo Taylor
  • The first show

    The first show
    The first Drama was shown. the Queens messenger was the first drama ever to be broadcast on television.
  • Live TV

    Live TV
    Live TV was first created on August 29,1997. Philo Farnsworth showed it at Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
  • The first mass production

    The first mass production
    The first mass production was the RCA 630-ts. It sold from 1946 to 1947
  • First color TV

    First color TV
    The first color TV was invented somewhere between 1946 and 1950. It was invented by the resurrect staff of RCA laboratories.
  • Remote Controls

    Remote Controls
    The Zenith Lazy Bones Was made in the 1950s. It was the first remote for your TV and it had a cord.
  • The Blab-Off

    The Blab-Off
    This remote was mad in 1952. It was programmed to turn off the sound when commercials would come on the TV.
  • Zenith Space Command

    Zenith Space Command
    This remote was invented in 1957. It was the remote that could do it all from a farther distance.
  • The first flat screen

    The first flat screen
    The flat screen was invented by a team at the university of Illinois. the team says they got tired of watching TV on a cured screen.
  • Flat screen became popular

    Flat screen became popular
    1997 was the first year that the flat screen TV really became popular. And the number of TVs sold really when through the roof.
  • Netflix

    Netflix
    Netflix was created in Scott Valley,CA. It was created by Reed Hastings and Mark Randolph
  • First curved screen

    First curved screen
    The first curved screen TV hit the marked in 2013. Both LG and Samsung claim the have invented it first.
  • More interctivity

    More interctivity
    Google is trying to make glasses that pair with you tv to make watching it more enjoyable.
  • Smart TV

    Smart TV
    Scientist Predict that in 10 years all TVs will be smart TVs.
  • Cable TV

    Cable TV
    The Cable TV company's are loosing lots of there costumers. And the numbers keep going down. they are predicting to loose cable altogether in the coming years.
  • Sources

    bebusinessed.com allthatsinteresting.com thoughtco.com techwalla.com britannic.com curvedview.com metv.com investopedia.com