Timeline: TV

Feb 19, 1900

World Fair

Russian Constantin Perskyi introduces the word "television" at the 1st International Congress of Electricity at
the World's Fair in Paris.

Feb 19, 1925

First moving television pictures

In England, John Logie Baird demonstrates the first moving television pictures via a mechanical system based
on Nipkow's disk; they were recognizable human faces in 1925 and moving objects in 1926.

Feb 19, 1927

First electronic television image

Philo Farnsworth transmits the first electronic television image and applies for a patent on the first complete
electronic system, the Image Dissector.

Feb 19, 1928

First mechanical television set goes on sale

GE sells one in a fancy cabinet and in England, Baird sets are available

Feb 23, 1929

First TV studio

Feb 23, 1930

First TV commercial

Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV commercial

Dec 23, 1931

40,000 TV's

By the end of 1931 there were nearly 40,000 television sets in the US

Nov 8, 1932

Program televised from 600 miles away

JOhn Logie Baird introduces a programme which is televised from Braodcasting House, London to Areana Theatre, Cpenhagen, Denmark.

Feb 23, 1936

First TV serrvice with 3h programming/day

BBC debuts the world's first tv service with three hours of programminga day.

Aug 23, 1936

Olympics viewed on TV

Berliin Olympic Games are seen by 150,000 people in public television rooms in Berlin.

Feb 23, 1940

343 lines of color TV

Peter Goldmark invents 343 lines of resolution color television.

Feb 23, 1941

600 line HDTV

John Logie Baird, now working on his own, demonstrates a 600 line HDTV colour system for TV

Feb 23, 1946

First color TV broadcasting system

Peter Goldmark, working for CBS, demonstrated his mechanical color television system to the FCC - the first to introduce a braodcasting color TV system

Feb 23, 1948