The Invention of the Television

By qcaughman_7

  • The First Television

    In 1927, Philo Farnsworth created the television. He realized an eletric beam could scan a picture in horizontal lines, reproducing the image almost instantly.

  • The First Commercial Broadcasted

    The First Commercial Broadcasted
    In 1930, Charles Jenkins broadcasted the first TV commercial.

  • The Beginning of Cable

    The Beginning of Cable
    In 1936, about 200 television sets were used around the world. Coaxial cable, which is a pure copper surrounded by insulation, was introduced.

  • The Beginning of CBS

    The Beginning of CBS
    In 1937, a long lived news channel, CBS, which is still here today, began it's development.

  • The First Colorized Television

    The First Colorized Television
    Peter Goldmark, working for CBS, demonstrated his color system to the FCC. The system produced color pictures by having a red-blue-green wheel spin in front of a cathode ray tube.

  • The Approval of the Colorized Television

    The Approval of the Colorized Television
    The FCC approved of the first color television standard which is replaced by a second in 1953.

  • Many TV's Around the World

    Many TV's Around the World
    By 1996, there are over a billion TV sets around the world.

  • TV's in 2016

    TV's in 2016
    There are around 1.6 billion television sets used around the world. The TV viewing audience is about 4.6 billion people around the world.