Television Technology

Television Technology

By : David Ricketts

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Black and white television

• Americans got their first look at television at an exhibit sponsored by RCA at the 1939 New York worlds fair.

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Cable television

• Cable came to the USA in 1948 and in Ccaada in 1952, primarily to serve rural areas.

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UHF

• In 1952, the Federal Communications Commission began allowing ultra-high frequency (UHF) TV broadcasting, adding 70 new channels.

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Colour television

• In 1954 the first coloured T.V came out.

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Wireless remote

In 1956 the first wireless TV remote, called space command. The 2 buttons allowed people to turn the TV on and off. And change channels.

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Satellite transmission

• The first satellite transmission of a TV broadcast in 1962 after the launched the Telstar satellite.

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The cable-TV converter

• We pushed those buttons with abandon, able to watch all those channels available on cable without ever having to leave our chairs. Hamlin introduced its remote programmer in 1971.

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Pay-tv

• Home Box Office became the first pay-TV network in the United States in 1972.

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VCR

• Two competing formats for home videotaping revolutionized the television industry in the late 1970s.

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