History of Television

By jg7198

  • The first moving image was transmitted

  • First live transmission of voice and picture long distance

  • Television is introduced in the United States

  • First commercial is broadcasted on television

  • The Federal Communications Commission was established

  • First color television system is introduced by CBS

  • Cable is introduced

  • Betty White makes her television debut

  • 9% of households have a tv

  • Color television comes to the US

  • 64.5% of households have a tv

  • 87.1% of households have a tv

  • Mary Tyler Moore makes her television debut

  • 92.6% of households have a tv

  • Batman airs for the first time

  • Moon landing is broadcasted

  • 95.2% of households have a tv

  • 97% of households have a tv

  • First home video recorder is invented

  • The first all news network is introduced

  • 22.6% of households with tvs have cable

  • The Supreme Court allows video recorders in the court room

  • 46.2% of households with tvs have cable

  • VHS is introduced

  • Seinfeld premiers

  • The Simpsons premiers

  • 59% of households with tvs have cable

  • 65.7% of households with tvs have cable

  • Television is in both analog and digital forms

  • switch off of analog signals in the U.S.