Television
| can moving images and radio broadcasting be brought together? |
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| 1843 - Alexander Bain (British) |
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| 1862- Abbe Caselli (Italian) |
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| 1907- Scientific American uses the term "television" |
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| 1923 - John Baird (British) |
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| Electronic Television |
| 1923 - Vladymir Zworykin (Russian) |
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| 1922 - Philo Farnsworth |
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| 1930 - RCA puts W2XBS on the air as an experimental station |
| 1932 - Farnsworth sues RCA |
| 1934 - Suit settled in Farnsworth's favor |
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| 1935 - RCA commits heavily to television |
| 1937 - RCA gets experimental frequencies from the FCC |
| Note: Germany begins regular broadcasting (180 lines of resolution) |
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1939 - RCA displays TV for the general public at the World's Fair |
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1941 - FCC licenses commercial television
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| Note: 1953 - NTSC approves a color standard |
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| World War II interupts |
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| Television Networks |
| NBC and CBS move in |
| Dumont 1946-1955 |
| ABC in 1948 |
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| 1948 - 48 stations in 23 cities |
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| 1948 - 1952 - The Freeze Years |
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| Note: in 1951 TV sets outsell radio sets |
| In 1949 - 2% of American households had a TV |
| by 1955 - 64% |
| by 1959 - 90%! |
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the fastest diffusion of any media technology - why? |
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| 1951 - first intercontinental television transmission |
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| 1952 - Sixth Report and Order |
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| VHF licenses get snapped up, UHF mostly unclaimed |
| implications for national television networks? |
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| UHF lags behind |
| 1962 All Channels Receiver Act |
| by 1990 - 550 UHF, 549 VHF |
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| Impact on Radio |
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| FM- 1945 frequency shift kills momentum |
| 1950s - FM struggles |
| 1961- FM stereo approved |
| 1970s - FM listenership passes AM listenership |
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| AM loses programming for a second time |
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| Impact on Film |
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