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| TV History Timeline
Provided by the book
"Mass Media and Communications"
John Vivian 1999 |
1927-Philo Farnsworth devised tube that picked up moving images
for transmission. |
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1939-RCA demonstrated television at New York World's Fair. |
1947-CBS began newcast with Douglas Edwards, and NBC with John Cameron Swayze. |
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1951-Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly began CBS documentaries. |
1951-The show, I Love Lucy was filmed and edited, starting Hollywood in television
production. |
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1952-FCC adopted national standard for compatible black-and-white and color transmission.
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1967-Congress authorized funds to create Public Broadcasting System. |
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1975-Gerald Levin put HBO on satellite for cable systems. |
1976-Ted Turner put WTBS, Atlanta, on satellite for cable systems. |
1986-Rupert Murdoch created Fox network. |
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1995-Time Warner created WB network. |
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1995-Viacom create UPN network.
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