Warm Up
Describe three types of programs covered in
yesterday’s lesson.
____________________________________
Think of a name for our news program,
suggestions will be taken at the end of class.
2
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
InPittsburgh
PA
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.
Television Development
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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
Television Development
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1936
1939
Germany: televises Olympics.
Britain: few hours of regular
programming a day.
RCA presents TV at New York
World’s Fair.
Television Development
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1941
CBS 15 hours
programming per week.
1945
FCC
authorizes
TV
broadcast.
1942
150
applications
for TV
stations
Color Television
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• 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
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• 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
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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
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1956
Ampex
demonstrates
videotapes
1963Sony home
VTR $995
Television
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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
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• All 3 networks have color.
1966
• Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 authorized the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1967
Television
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1980 1% of homes have VCRs.
Consumer camcorder by
Sony.
1984 Stereo AM & TV.
FCC begins deregulation.
Cable Television
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• 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
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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
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• 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
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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.