Television Timeline

By Greenpig5

  • First Ever Television

    First Ever Television
    The television was invented by Philo Farnsworth. His original idea for a TV like device was to create moving images using radio waves.

  • First TV Station

    First TV Station
    The federal Radio Commission issues the first television station to Charles Jenkins.

  • First TV Broadcast

    First TV Broadcast
    BBC transmitted the first public TV Broadcast. It claims to be the birth place of TV Broadcasting.

  • First Ever Commercial

    First Ever Commercial
    Charles Jenkins broadcast the first TV Commercial

  • Colored Television

    Colored Television
    John Logie Baird invented the first Colored Television.

  • Satellite

    Satellite
    AT&T launched the first TV Satellite. This means everybody could watch the same TV program even being 1000 kilometers apart. This is what started the modern TV era.

  • HD TV

    HD TV
    Japanese public broadcaster NHK first developed consumer high definition television. They were comminally brought to the american market in 1998.

  • CC

    CC
    TV added closed Captioning. It is the text version of the audio context of a video. Normally appears at the bottom of screen.

  • Smart TV's

    Smart TV's
    Smart TV's was created around 2007. The Smart TV offers many TV Programs, movies, and music without the need to connect a TV antenna or subscribe to a cable/ service place.

  • 3D TV

    3D TV
    Panasonic made the first ever 3D TV, which is the cheapest on that cost 576,000$. You would have to wear special 3D glasses if you didn't want to hurt your eyes.