TV Timeline

By Jaime Tejeda

  • 1831

    MIcheal Faraday and Joseph Henry worked in electromagnetism which would start the electronic communication.

  • 1862 First Still Image Transferred

    Abbe Giovanna created the Pantelegraph and becames the first person to transmit the first still image through wires

  • 1873

    May and Smith experiment with selenium and light, this reveals the possibility for inventors to transform images into electronic signals giving the bases to wireless communication.

  • 1880

    Inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison theorize about telephone devices that transmit image as well as sound.
    In this case Edison tried to make this real by usint the photophone
    George Carey builds a rudimentary system with light-sensitive cells.

  • 1884 18 Lines of Resolution

    Paul Nipkow sends images over wires using a rotating metal disk technology calling it the electric telescope with 18 lines of resolution.

  • 1900 The first time the word TV is used

    At the World's Fair in Paris, the first International Congress of Electricity was held.
    That is where Russian Constantin Perskyi made the first known use of the word "television."

  • 1924

    John Baird becomes the first person to transmit moving silhouette images using a mechanical system based on Nipkow's disk.
    Vladimir Zworkin patents a color television system.

  • 1926-1930

    John Baird operates a television system with 30 lines of resolution system running at 5 frames per second.

  • 1928

    The Federal Radio Commission issues the first television station license (W3XK) to Charles Jenkins.

  • 1930

    Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV commercial.
    The BBC begins regular TV transmissions

  • 1936

    The introduction of coaxial cable, which is a pure copper or copper-coated wire surrounded by insulation and an aluminum covering.

  • 1948

    Cable television is introduced in Pennsylvania as a means of bringing television to rural areas. One million homes in the United States have television sets.

  • 1962

    AT&T launches Telstar, the first satellite to carry TV broadcasts - broadcasts are now internationally relayed.

  • 1969

    July 20, first TV transmission from the moon and 600 million people watch.

  • 1982

    Dolby surround sound for home sets is introduced

  • 1986 Super VHS introduced

    Super VHS introduced

  • 1996

    A billion TV sets worldwide.

  • 2018

    Right now, even thought TV is still the most view electronic media device, the internet and new social medias have become a clear competitor. TV can be now transmitted in high definition, all TV broadcast are via satellite.