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Colored tv wwas patened in Germany
germany to britain to france to russia -
Talking Films Begin with Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer"
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First 3D tv produced
just in 1935 -
Innitial Proposal for Color TV Brodcast
made by George Valensi -
CBS experimented the color feild
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First Large Scale TV Demo
Gimbels Department Store in Philly Help this demo; more than 25,000 people came over 3 weeks for a chance to watch NBC programs from NY and local shows sent out by Philco's Philidelphia Station. -
WW2 Haulted nearly all TV brodcast world wide
1939-1945 -
Howdy Duty
children's series premiers live on NBC in December as a one hour Saturday program symbolic of the first generation nurtured on TV, remains on air till 1960. -
NCB Debute of "Meet the Press"
A kind of "made for TV" news conference; goes onto become the older series on network TV -
Earliest Cable Systems
are born in remote areas of Pensylvania and Oregon; function to simply to bring TV signals into communities where off air reseption was either non-existant or poor becuase of interfering mountains or distance. -
FCC Issued 108 license for new stations
hundreds more applications pending accross the nation -
I Love Lucy
A half hour filmed TV sitcom was born; show unlike the live TV productions typical of the time, ranks number one in the nation for 4 of its first 6 seasons -
CBS Broscasts first colored Program
Only 25 receivers can accomidate mechanical color; viewers of 12 million existing sets see only a blank screen -
National Association of National Television Broadcasters
Ratifies a new television code establishing guidelines for content and nearly half the code is devoted to advertising. -
NBC Today Show
First and longest running early morning network show bows with hosts Dave Garroway and Chimpanzee sidekick J. Fred Muggs -
Households with TV
Grows to 200 million up 33% from previous year. US advertisers spend a record 288 million on TV time; an increase of 38.8% from 1951 -
Colored Broadcasting Arived in the US
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NBC Launches the "Tonight Show"
Featuring comedian Steve Alan for nearly 4 decades until CBS late show with David Leaderman enters the seen in 1993, the show dominates late night. -
Classic Western Series "Gun Smoke" begins
20 year run on CBS; -
"$64,000 Question" sponsored by Revlon Premires
In June on CBS igniting a US gameshow craze. -
"Wizard of Oz" debutes on CBS
after 3 long decades of exposure the feature is considered one of the most successful single programs in TV history and the longest continually sponsored theatrical movie on TV -
Video Tape Catches On
61 TV stations in the US are using tapes -
NBC's Sunday night hit "Bonanza" debutes
Becomes highest rated program of the 1960s on air for 14 years -
Fisrt of 4 great debates broadcasts across the country
between JFK and Richard Nixon; breaking new ground in presidential campaining -
"I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King as millions watch on TV -
President Kennedy is Shot
sniper in downtown Dallas and TV coverage of the assasination and the funeral grip the nation and the world for 4 days -
73 Million Viewers Tune in to the "Ed Sulivan Show"
Appearance of teh british pop group ""The Beatles" -
Batman
Achieves instant success with its star Adam West -
Neil Armstrong Steps on Moon
As millions of US viewers watch the historic even live on network TV -
PBS Begins and Launches "Seasame Street"
One of the most influential acheivements in childrens TV -
MTV Music Television
makes debute in August -
Apple Computer introduces the Macintosh
60 second Super Bowl commercial called "1984"; turns Super Bowl into major ad event and begins an era of advertising as news -
Playtex commercials make History
shows women wearing bras -
DVD's outsell VHS tapes
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Smart Tv became popular
Late 2010s