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More than 200 breakthrough stars bring their stories to life in season four of the Emmy-nominated documentary series Pioneers of Television.
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Joseph Henry's and Michael Faraday's work with electromagnetismjumpstarts the era of electronic communication.
Abbe Giovanna Caselli invents his Pantelegraph and becomes the first person to transmit a still image over wires.
Scientist Willoughby Smith experiments with selenium and light, revealing the possibility for inventors to transform images into electronic signals.
Boston civil servant George Carey was thinking about complete television systems and in 1877 he put forward drawings for what he called a selenium camera that would allow people to see by electricity. Eugen Goldstein coins the term "cathode rays" to describe the light emitted when an electric current was forced through a vacuum tube.
Scientists and engineers like Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva, Louis Figuier, and Constantin Senlecq were suggesting alternative designs for telectroscopes.
Inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edisontheorize about telephone devices that transmit images as well as sound. Bell's photophoneused light to transmit sound and he wanted to advance his device for image sending. George Carey builds a rudimentary system with light-sensitive cells.
Paul Nipkowsends images over wires using a rotating metal disk technology calling it the electric telescope with 18 lines of resolution.
At the World's Fair in Paris, the first International Congress of Electricity was held. That is where Russian Constantin Perskyi made the first known use of the word "television." Soon after 1900, the momentum shifted from ideas and discussions to the physical development of television systems. Two major paths in the development of a television sys...
Lee de Forest invents the Audion vacuum tube that proves essential to electronics. The Audion was the first tube with the ability to amplify signals. Boris Rosing combines Nipkow's disk and a cathode ray tube and builds the first working mechanical TV system.
Campbell Swinton and Boris Rosing suggest using cathode ray tubes to transmit images. Independent of each other, they both develop electronic scanning methods of reproducing images.
These exclusive, unedited interviews offer fascinating backstage insights from TV’s biggest celebrities. The “Pioneers of Television” collection is the largest of its kind.
Explore the stories of TV's biggest celebrities and their shows in this four-season series. Watch interviews with Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Roseanne Barr, Bill Cosby and more in episodes on standup to sitcom, doctors and nurses, breaking barriers, acting funny and more.
A TV series that explores the history and impact of various genres of American TV, from sitcoms to game shows. Each episode covers a different topic with interviews, clips and insights from experts and celebrities.
Explore the history and impact of television through interviews, clips and quizzes with the pioneers who made it happen. Learn about comedy, sci-fi, drama, diversity and more from the creators and stars of iconic shows.
