The History of Television

By JohnJamesIV

  • The First Principal Of Television

    Sourced From The first principal required for the invention to follow, television, was for an image to be transmitted over wire. Paul Nipkow was the the first inventor to discover and understand the scanning principal which allows for images to be transmitted onto a screen.
    Date above not exact. Some time in 1884.

  • First television image

    sourced from the first television image was transmitted and consisted of 60 horizontal lines. It was a still image not amoving video. date not exact. sometime in

  • First Televised sports game

    sourced from The frist telives sports game broadcast was in the United States. A baseball game between Princeton and Columbia Universties.

  • German Television during WWII

    Sourced from The new technoloy that is television was used as an experimental tool during the second world war. During the years 1942-1944 during Nazi occupied France, German forces broadcasted from Paris via the Eiffel tower.

  • American Television during WWII

    Sourced from During the American involvement in the second world war, the United States experiemented with TV guided missiles in the pacific.

  • Post War

    Sourced from During the late 1940's through to the 1950's the American market pioneered the introduction of televisions into the homes of average American families. NBC was the first major network to broadcast, closely followed by DuMont and later CBS and ABC.

  • Colour Television

    Sourced from First mass produced colour televisions. These models allowed broadcasting in NTSC format, (amereican market.) the TV featued a 15inch screen which was then increased to 21inches the following year in 1955.

  • Television during the 60's

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    The 60's saw the mass introduction of shows broadcast on free to air. During this period the American televised entertainment industry soared.

  • Childerens Television

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    Television during the 60's mainly consisted of of shows aimed at the adult market. One of the first shows introduced to childeren was Sesame Street in 1969. The show was made with the aim of makeing television a more family orientated product.

  • Teletext

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    The 1980's saw the introduction of teletext. Although this technology had been around for numerous years previous, teletext only became an afforadable addition to televisions in the mid 80's. The technology then becme standard on most TVs after this time only to be replaced in later years with digital tv guides.

  • Cable

    Sourced from The 1990's saw the introduction of cable television. This product allowed for the viewing of a greater number of channels and featured many long running shows.

  • Plasma Televisions

    Sourced from Although the plasma screen technology was developed in the mid 60's the first plasma TV was introduced for sale to the public in 1997. The Panasonic flatscreen featured a 60inch display.

  • Internet TV

    Sourced from In 2010, Sony announced their new line of Internet TVs featuring the new Google TV.