The document outlines major milestones in the development of television and broadcasting technology from 1923 to 2012, including the demonstration of early camera tubes, the first long-distance TV image transmission in 1925, Farnsworth's electronic TV system demonstration in 1927, the first commercial TV broadcast by NBC in 1936, the introduction of color TV in 1953 but it did not become standard until the 1970s, the first satellite broadcasts in 1962, the introduction of home video recorders by Sony in 1976, the development of HDTV by Japan in 1981 which was accepted by the FCC in 1996, the first internet broadcast by ABC in 1994, DVDs becoming commercially available in 1998, and Blu-ray and HD DVD being introduced in 2004 with Blu-

1. A Timeline of Television &
Broadcasting Technology

2. 1923 - Vladimir Zworykin
Demonstrated his iconoscope tube, the first practical television camera tube

3. 1925 - Charles Jenkins
Transmitted the First Long-Distance TV Image

4. 1927 - Philo Farnsworth
First public demonstration of an electronic television system

5. July 7, 1936 - David Sarnoff and RCA
First Commercial Television Broadcast (NBC)

6. April, 1939 - the Words Fair in New York
RCA made the first true public demonstration of television

7. 1947 - Earl “Madman” Muntz
Created the first Affordable television.

8. 1948 - Cable Television introduced
In 1975, HBO became the first cable TV channel to be broadcast via satellite.

9. 1953 - Color Television Introduced
Did not become the standard until the Early 1970’s

10. The 1950’s
By the end of the decade, there were 559 stations and nearly 90% of U.S. households had television.

11. 1962 - First Satellite Broadcasts
AT&T Begins broadcasting internationally.

12. 1976 - First home recorder
Sony introduces the Betamax tape recorder

13. 1981 - HDTV Developed by Japan
Accepted by the F.C.C. in 1996.

14. 1994 - First Internet Broadcast
ABC World News Now is broadcast over the internet.

15. 1998 - DVD’s Commercially available
Only 2% of homes have a dvd player.

16. 2004 - Blu-Ray and HD DVD Introduced
Blu-ray eventually wins the market

17. 2009 - DTV Becomes Mandatory for national networks
On June 12th, the FCC required these networks to transition to Digital Broadcasts.

18. 2012
• There are 115.9 million homes in the U.S. with at least one
TV.
• 61% of all TV sets are now HD.