Television as mass media

Television was invented in the early 20th century through the work of several inventors. Vladimir Zworykin filed a patent for an electron scanning tube in 1923 but could not get his television to work until 1934. Philo Farnsworth successfully demonstrated the first television signal transmission in 1927 using his own scanning tube. In a subsequent patent battle, the court ruled in Farnsworth's favor, making him the official inventor of the first fully functional, all-electronic television. Terrestrial television in India began with experimental broadcasts in Delhi in 1959 and regular daily transmissions started in 1965 as part of All India Radio. Colour television was introduced to the Indian market in 1982.