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1900 Paris Exhibition
The word television was first used at the 1900 Paris Exhibition -
C.Francis Jebnkins
C.Francis Jebnkins transmits still pictures by wireless with a mechanical system -
Kenjiro Takayanagi
Kenjiro Takayanagi starts his television work in Japan. -
Baird
Baird gets his first license to transmit television in London -
Baird transmits
Baird transmits from London to New York City, using his mechanical system. -
Germany's first television broadcasting
Germant begins what they call the"first televsion broadasting service in the world". -
Summer Olympics
Berlin Olympics tlevised by Telefunken and Fernseh, using RCA and Farnsworth equipment, respectively. -
Baird-EMI competiton
BBC begins two-year Baird-EMI competition, broadcasting from Alexandra Palace. It is the "world's first, public, regular, high-definition TV station". -
EMI wins
Baird declares EMI the winner of the competition -
FDR is first president to be televised
Sarnoff announces from the New York World's Fair that "Now we have added sight to sound". Ten days later, at the opening ceremonies, FDR is the first president to be televised, TV sets go on sale the following day. -
Start date for commercial television
FCC announced September 1st start date for commercial television, but canceled that decision when RCA began advertising early. -
NBC was the first commercialy sponsored broadcast
NBC was the first commercialy sponsored broadcast. CBS, DuMont and others followed in the Fall. -
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Commercial of televison is banned
All commercial production of television equipment is banned for the rest of the war. NBC's commercial TV schedule is cancelled. Limited broadcasting does continue, however, throughout the war years, in a few cities, for a few hours per week. -
Color System
CBS gave the FCC a demonstration of their mechanical color system. -
Black & white sets flood market
RCA flooded the market with black & white sets to slow the potential launch of the CBS color. -
Pye television sets up a demonstration
Pye television sets up a demonstration at the Australian " Royal Easter Show" held in Sydney. Six years ahead of the first public broadcasts. -
Perfected system is ready
Sarnoff ordered stepped-up development of an all-electronic RCA color system. Perfected system is ready by December 1950. -
Farnsworth Radio and television is sold
Farnsworth Radio and Television is sold to ITT. Philo Farnsworth, at age 43, suffering from alcoholism, was no longer a part of the television industry. -
Korean Conflict
All color TV production is suspended for the duration of the Korean conflict. -
RCA wins color war
CBS gives victory to RCA in color war. -
RCA places color television
RCA places a all color set on the market for 1,000. 5,000 were sold. -
Plasma tv
The first Plasma television was made by Donald Bitzer, Gene Slottow, and Robert Willson
