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First Still Image Transferred
Abbe Giovanna Caselli invents his Pantelegraph and becomes the first person to transmit a still image over wires. -
We Called It Television
At the World's Fair in Paris, the first International Congress of Electricity was held. -
1923
The iconoscope, which he called an electric eye becomes the cornerstone for further television development. -
1939
Vladimir Zworkin and RCA conduct experimentally broadcasts from the Empire State Building. -
1940
Peter Goldmark invents 343 lines of the resolution color television system. -
1941
The FCC releases the NTSC standard for black and white TV.