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Abbe Giovanna Caselli invented the Pantelegraph, it could transfer an image through wires.
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Two scientists, Smith and May, experimented with selenium. It helped them figure out how to transform pictures into signals to be sent over wires more easily.
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Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison came up with the Photophone. It could transfer sound.
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The first "television" was seen at the 1900 World Fair in Paris.
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John Baird developed a way to capture objects in motion.
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CBS was the first major TV network.
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Color TV had been in development for years. It was finally released to the public in 1950s.
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Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon and the whole world saw through the television sets.
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Developers at Panasonic developed and released the flat screen TV.
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The American people made the switch to all-digital television viewing.