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Television Technology

Television Technology. By : David Ricketts . Black and white television . Americans got their first look at television at an exhibit sponsored by RCA at the 1939 New York worlds fair. Cable television . Cable came to the USA in 1948 and in Ccaada in 1952, primarily to serve rural areas.

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Television Technology

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  1. Television Technology By : David Ricketts

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

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

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

  5. Colour television • In 1954 the first coloured T.V came out.

  6. 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.

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

  8. 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.

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

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

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