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| Development simultaneously by Japanese, Russia, Germans, French, British and the US. |
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| Countries contributing to the TV Development Internationally. |
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| USA World's Fair NYC in 1939 presented publicly on 15 screens. |
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| British inventor who was the first to transmit a mechanical image. Started TV service in England in 1932. |
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| Conducted the first mechanical scanning experiment. |
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| Headed up RCA research lab. Patented an electronic pick-up tube called an iconoscope. |
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| Developed the oscilloscope/cathode ray tube. Developed the TV Set. |
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| GE Radio engineer. Also, ran experiments with mechanical scanning wheels in the 1920's. |
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| Developed an electronic scanning wheel to transmit still pictures and bit of film for a high school project. |
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| First system that scanned 60 lines using first TV model. Transmitted from New York to Kansas in 1929. |
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| RCA sets were not compatible with color systems. In the 1950's the FCC Supported CBS systems. |
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| 1946. Outlines public service responsibilities of broadcasting. |
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| FCC Authorized TV as a commercial broadcast service. RCA and Dumont began manufacturing "receiving sets" sold between $200-$600 and 10,000 sets were sold. 13 Channels have been available since 1941. |
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| Formed to recommend standards rejected 441 systems and adopts 525 line systems which is still used today. |
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| The first TV Commercial sold for $9.00 and was 20 seconds long. |
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| After WWII TV emerges as a medium, stations, sets and audiences grow 4,000%. FCC imposes a license freeze Sept. 1948. 108 Stations remained on air with a monopoly at this time. The freeze lifts in June 1952. |
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| Early TV Programing 1948-1952 |
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| 82 Channels now available. 70 new VHF channels supplied by NBC, CBS, ABC, and Dumont. Stations all built programing. |
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| First TV Show to be filmed. |
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| NBC Tuesday night Newscasts. |
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| NBC programming Vice President. Developed magazine concept, developed The Today Show, Tonight Show, and Spectacular (Peter Pan). |
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| Wisconsin Senator that used reports entitled "Red Channels" as a basis for his nation-wide witch hunt. Dozens of Celebrities and journalists were blacklisted. |
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| Lawyer that defended blacklisters/communists. |
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| Their popularity surpassed News. The system of sponsor-controlled production was ruptured. |
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| Admitted his role in the rigging of the game show, 21. |
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| very violent TV Shows. Companies started creating shows like Andy Griffith and Beverly Hillbillies or non-violent family TV Shows. |
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| Caused live programming (other than news, sports and special events) to diminish. |
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| First TV Show/Comedy that dealt with taboo subjects like politics, sex and ethics. |
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| Both UHF & VHF must be built into TV's. |
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| First Communication satellite to carry broadcast TV. Lost signal when the earth rotated. |
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| Satellite that was synchronized over the United States. |
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| PTAR (Prime Time Access Rule) |
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| 6pm-10pm. All Stations must have access to some part of prime time without Network Interference. |
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| Allowed for investigative/objective broadcasting. Questioned government and researched deeper than what the Press Secretary announced. Journalist vs. Government as "Administration vs. Media War". |
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| TV Show that created social change. |
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| Spoke out against violence on TV. Believed it negatively impacted children. Thought violence desensitized people. |
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| Lifted restrictions on commercial time. The marketplace makes decisions instead of government. Home Shopping network, infomercials, etc. |
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| became an American citizen so he could start FOX. |
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| LPTV- Low Power Television |
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| Approved in the 1980's to serve small towns. Very small, local TV stations. No network affiliation, rely on local programming. Niche Station. |
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| Extended licenses renewals to 8 years. Prompted wave of consolidation. |
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| Created by Murdock. A Satellite service out of Hong Kong to serve Japan, Korea, Taiwan and most of Indochina. |
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| mobile media. iPods, cell-phones, and all other devices that contain Internet videos, etc. |
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| Digital satellite radio that now serves long isolated populations (ex. Africa). |
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| First quiz show to be rigged produced by Van Doren |
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| Led marches to civil rights act of 1964 (revised 1957 Act). |
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| First hour of prime time 7pm-8pm. No blood, sex, etc. |
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