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Video Timeline. By: Jordan Ray. 1884. German inventor Paul Nipkow develops a rotating-disc technology to transmit pictures over wire. 1927. American engineer Philo T. Farnsworth develops the dissector tube, the basis of current all-electronic televisions. 1929.
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Video Timeline By: Jordan Ray
1884 • German inventor Paul Nipkow develops a rotating-disc technology to transmit pictures over wire.
1927 • American engineer Philo T. Farnsworth develops the dissector tube, the basis of current all-electronic televisions.
1929 • The struggling radio network, CBS is bought by William S. Paley. Through Paley's management, the corporation grew and expanded to include radio and television, recorded music, musical instruments, and publishing.
1937 • The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Broadcasts the procession of the coronation of King George VI from Hyde Park Corner. This represents the 1st. notable broadcast outside the USA.
1939 • RCA and researcher Vladimir Zworykin research and perform experimental telecasts from the Empire State Building, in New York City. These efforts culminated in the debut of television at the 1939 Worlds Fair.
1943 • ABC was born, as a result of a government forced split of NBC. The network was bought by candy manufacturer Edward J Noble, who gave it it's namesake.
1945 • The FCC approves the use of 13 VHF band carrier frequencies, to be used for communications by police and fire departments - and television. Due to adjacent-channel interference, only 7 channels can operate in any 1 market.
1946 • 6000 television sets are sold in the US. - CBS demonstrates it's UHF-band color TV system to the FCC. The system is incompatible with the existing black-and-white standard, though company officials have designed an inexpensive converter for the countries 250,000 black-and-white sets.