12. history of broadcasting

Warm Up

Describe three types of programs covered in

yesterday’s lesson.

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Think of a name for our news program,

suggestions will be taken at the end of class.

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Audio Video

Production

History of American

Broadcasting

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Broadcasting:

A Young Media



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1700’s 1837 1876 1920 1948

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Television Development

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1920’s

• Many people/companies experimenting with and developing TV.

1926

• Philo T. Farnsworth (American) experimented with electronic TV—stream of electrons.

1928

• Vladimir Zworykin develop/refines iconoscope tube.




1928 1st TV Drama broadcast

“The Queen’s Messenger”

from GE Station

1931Regularly

scheduled TV begins

CBS experimental

station

1935Electronic TV

is demonstrated to the press

Few people have TVs




1936

1939

Germany: televises Olympics.

Britain: few hours of regular

programming a day.

RCA presents TV at New York

World’s Fair.




1941

CBS 15 hours

programming per week.

1945

FCC

authorizes

TV

broadcast.

1942

150

applications

for TV

stations

Color Television



• During WWII, CBS experimented with color

1932-

1945

• CBS presents non-compatible mechanical color system.1946

• FCC refuses CBS color request.1947

• 50 TV stations on air, 124 authorized.

• FCC: four year freeze on new TV licenses.

1948

Color Television



• Korean War slows color TV progress.

• FCC announces CBS mechanical color system.

• Negative response from stations, public.

1950

• National Television System Committee (NTSC) explores color.

1951

Cable Television



1950• Community

Antenna Television (CATV)

1952• AT&T installs

coaxial cable in large cities, reduces ghosting.

Color Television

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1952

FCC lifts TV freeze

FCC approves UHF

Old TV’s don’t get UHF

Ruling: all new TV’s must have both VHF and UHF

1953

FCC approves NTSC compatible

electronic color system

Korean War ends

Video Recorders



1956

Ampex

demonstrates

videotapes

1963Sony home

VTR $995

Television



1950’sLive dramatic series.

1952Rampant growth in TV, from 108 in ‘52…

1960’sLarge variety of TV programs.

1960…to 522 stations. 90% of homes have TVs.

Television



• All 3 networks have color.

1966

• Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 authorized the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

1967

Television



1980 1% of homes have VCRs.

Consumer camcorder by

Sony.

1984 Stereo AM & TV.

FCC begins deregulation.

Cable Television



• FCC ends ban on cable TV in large cities.

• HBO starts “pay TV” for cable.1972

• Two-way cable in Columbus, Ohio.1977

Cable Television



1980• CNN begins

1981• MTV on cable

1987• 50% of homes with TV have cable

1998• Digital compression used in cable

2004

• More than 30% (around 22.9 million) of U.S. cable receive digital cable service

Digital Television



• DVD introduced.

• FCC rules: all U.S. SDTV stations must be DTV by 2006, now 2009.

1997

• Stations begin broadcasting Digital TV and wide screen HDTV.

1999

• More than 1000 US TV stations broadcast digital signal.

• 3 million HDTV sets in homes.

• All manufactured sets 36” and larger must have a digital tuner.

2004

Digital Television



2006

1000+ U.S. digital TV stations

on the air.

Consumers buy HDTV sets in

significant numbers.

2009

Broadcast TV in U.S. goes all

digital.

Most analog TV transmitters shut

down.

20103-D TV sets go on sale

in U.S.

News Program

Suggestions.

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TV History Project

Next week starting after test Tuesday.

Career

12. history of broadcasting