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William Crooks displays cathode rays in a tube
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John Logie Baird demonstrates first moving television pictures through a mechanical system based on Nipkow’s disk
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Philo Farnsworth transmits first electronic television image and patents first electronic system
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Octagon TV introduced
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The first station was named W3XK. It was owned by Charles Jenkins.
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Baird TV introduced
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Cossor Television introduced
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Emyvisor TV introduced
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Olympic games in Berlin, Germany is televised by means of closed circut around the city.
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Marconi TV introduced
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RCA TV introduced
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TV's were tested at the World Fair in 1939 to market to the public. One of the first TV brands was RCA.
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6,000 TV's sold in 1946
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Next generation of RCA TV introduced
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Earl "Madman" Muntz created the first AFFORDABLE television.
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Motorola comes out with a new generation TV
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Cable TV introduced
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Raytheon TV introduced
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Color TV had been in development for many years. It was finally released to the public in 1950. Started to be standard in the early 1970's.
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12 million TV's sold in 1951
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Sharp's first TV introduced
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First televised World Cup
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Olympic Summer Games is televised internationally through BBC, CBS, NBC, European and United States
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Rodgers next generation TV introduced
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Philco TV introduced
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next generation Meidensha TV introduced
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• 530 million watched live global broadcast of the first man to walk on the moon.
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Philco-Ford team has TV introduced
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HBO became the first cable TV channel to be broadcasted via satellite.
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HDTV was developed by Japanese but wasn't utilized until later in time.
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Developers at Panasonic developed and released the first flat screen TV. It quickly took over the TV market.
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Sony next generation TV introduced
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DVD's available commercially but only 2% of households have DVD players.
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Blu-Ray and HD DVD is introduced but the Blu-Ray ultimately wins the battle of the two.
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Samsung next generation flat screen introduced
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America made the switch to all-digital televion viewing.
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DTV becomes mandatory for national networks.
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In 2011, 96.7% of American households owned televisions
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115.9 million homes in the US have at least one TV.
61% of all TV sets are now HD.
The average American watches 35 hours of TV per week.
