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The age of Television

The age of Television. The age of Television. Earliest experiments in 1890s Italian monk – Casselli Pictures by wire. The age of Television. Mechanical Television Paul Nipkow – scanning disk Nipkow disk John Loge Baird Scottish inventor working with BBC. The age of Television.

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The age of Television

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  1. The age of Television

  2. The age of Television • Earliest experiments in 1890s • Italian monk – Casselli • Pictures by wire

  3. The age of Television • Mechanical Television • Paul Nipkow – scanning disk • Nipkow disk • John Loge Baird • Scottish inventor working with BBC

  4. The age of Television

  5. The age of Television • Electronic television – cathode ray tube • Vladimir Zworykin • Iconoscope • Philo T. Farnsworth • Image Dissector

  6. The age of Television

  7. The age of Television • First technical standards set by FCC in 1941 • 8 stations on the air • Blacked out during WWII • After war – chaos on the airwaves!

  8. The age of Television • 1948 - FCC declares “FREEZE” on TV applications • Channels 2-13 would be too crowded • 1952 – Freeze lifted by issuance of 6th Report and Order

  9. 6th Report and Order • Created UHF Band (14-88) • Reserved channels for educational use • City-by-city allocations

  10. UHF Parity • Initially UHF channels on separate tuner • No “click stops” • Parity rule required “détente” tuners.

  11. Cable • Community Television Antenna (CATV) • To provide clear signals from nearby cities • Originated in WV or PA

  12. Cable

  13. Cable • Import distant signals • Provide premium programming

  14. Cable • Head-end • Plant • Trunk, branches

  15. Cable • Superstations • Cable networks • Premium channels • Pay-per-view • Local origination • Interactive

  16. Cable • Churn • Piracy • Franchising • Tiered rates

  17. TV terminology • Network • Affiliate • Independent • Terrestrial broadcast

  18. TV programming • Off-net syndication • First-run syndication • Barter syndication • Strip programming • Block programming • Counter programming • Head – to – head programming

  19. TV programming • Prime time • Formerly 7-11 • PTAR created the early fringe 7-8 • Now 8-11 • Late fringe 11-12 • Morning, afternoon, overnight

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