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Timeline Of Television
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Microphone
In 1920, Jospeh Maxwell introduced electrical microphones. -
TV Studio
In 1929, John Logie Baird opened the first TV studio. -
Commertial
Charles Jenkins broadcasted the first TV commerital. -
Olympics
Television broadcasts from the Berlin Olympic Games are seen by 150,000 people in public television rooms in Berlin. -
TV Receiver
Louis W. Parker patents a low-cost television receiver. -
A First
TVs introduced to the United States. -
Remote Control
Robert Adler invents Zenith Space Commander which is the first practical remote control -
Color TVs
50% of home TVs are color television sets. -
Modernizing
98% of U.S. households have at least one television set. -
The Next Big Thing
201 million television sets are in the United States.