Exspiremental Television channel transmits a 40 minute stage production
RKO exsperiments with theater televison
CBS begins to exsperiment with television programming and sells TV's for 42$
NBC exsperiemnts with television programming
Iowa state makes the first television broadcast from an educational institution
Early Development
The early developemnt of television started in 1939 when the biggest radio company at the time RCA invested 50 million dollars into the devolpment of eletronic television.
There is about 7000 television sets in the U.S.
CBS broadcasts the Pearl Harbor attacks
There are approximatley 44000 TV sets in the U.S.
Full time evening Programming begins broadcasting to 350000 TV sets
6132000 television sets are sold , making a total of 9735000 in 9% of households
Exspecting color TV soon
Black and white portable TV era begins
The price of color TV drops to around 500 dollars
The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan Show
The Greenbay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs
PBS is established
VHS is introduced to homeowners
HDTV is demonstrated in the United States by NHK
900million TV sets in the U.S.
Walt Disney acquires ABC
DVD Technology becomes viable
The average Amercian Adult watches 4 hours of television