The History of Television

Television in the early 1900

1927

The mechanical television came out in 1927 by a 21 year old inventor named Philo Farnsworth. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

First television program in america

1928

The first television program was called The Queen’s Messenger.It was first shown in 1928 by WRGB station https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

Television Stations

Jul 2, 1928

The first television station started appearing in the 1930's.The station had its first broadcast July 2, 1928. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

First television set

Sep 28, 1928

television sets were based on the mechanical television systema and it was made by John Baird’s television designs. These sets were shown off to the public in September, 1928. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

Television commercial

Jul 1, 1941

The first commercial did not take place until July 1, 1941. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

Remote control for televisions

1948

The first television remote control was called the Tele Zoom. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

First color television

1953

They had to develop their own color television system that would be compatible with its customers RCA sets. In 1953, the FCC acknowledged that RCA’s color TV system was better.In 1954, color RCA TV systems were sold across America. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

TV Systems across America

1958

525 cable TV's was sold across America to serve 450,000 subscribers.
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Full color network

1965

In 1965 NBC called itself the Full Color Network https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

First man to walk on the moon

Jul 20, 1969

In 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon live on TV.
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First CNN

1980

In 1980 Ted Turner launched a channel called Cable News Network (CNN) and it shows news 24 hours a day. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

DVD's are introduced

2000

The first DVD came out in 2000 https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

First flat screen tv

2005

Flat screen TV's started to come out in 2005 https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

Sony released blu-ray format

2006

Sony had released the blu-ray disc format and it can hold 27GB. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/

TV's hitting the market

2010

In 2010 TV's started hitting the market and they had popular 3D blockbusters like Avatar. https://bebusinessed.com/history/history-of-the-television/