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The word television is used
The word television was used on the invention of the television at the first International Congress of Electricity -
John Logie Baird
In the early 1920's, John Logie Baird had the idea to use arrays of transparent rods to produce image for television. 30 line images were the first demonstrations of television by reflected light rather than back-lit silhouettes. John Logie Baird based his technology on Paul Nipkow's scanning disc idea and other later developments in electronics. -
Television image
American Inventor Philo Farnsworth was the first inventor to transmit a television image comprised of 60 horizontal lines. -
Charles Jenkins
Charles Jenkins invented a mechanical television system called radio vision and claimed to have transmitted the earliest moving silhouette images. -
Children's TV
The first children's TV programming started in the early 50's. They would be shown on Saturday mornings. The American Broadcasting Company first aired children's Saturday morning shows on August 19, 1950. -
Marvin Middlemark
In 1953, Marvin Middlemark in vented the "Rabbit Ears", "V" shaped Antennae -
Cable TV
The first cable TV was invented in the Pennsylvanian Mountains. The first successful color television system began commercial broadcasting. -
Remote
in the Summer of 1956, the remote controller was made by Zenith Electronics Corporation and was called "Lazy Bones". -
Plasma TV
The first plasma display monitor was invented by Donald Bitzer, Gene Slottow and Robert Willson. Plasma display panels use small cells containing electrically charged ionized gases to generate high quality imagery. -
Closed Caption
TV closed caption are starting to be hidden in the TV signals. It was first demonstrated in 1972 and debuted the following year on the Public Broadcasting service. -
Wide Web TV
First TV series able to watch on the internet. The first series was the public access program Rox.