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The original incarnation of 20th Television was the television syndication and distribution arm of 20th Century Fox Television and the 20th Century Fox movie studio. It was formed in 1989 in order to separate television production from the 20th Century Fox division which oversaw film production.
- Kevin Raposo
- The 1920s: The First Working TV. In 1924, Scottish inventor John Baird invented the first TV made of things he found, such as cardboard and a bicycle lamp.
- The 1930s: The First Electric TVs. The Baird Televisor from 1929 was a mechanical television set and soon became obsolete after electric televisions (easier to mass produce) became available.
- The 1940s: Network Television. By the late 1940s, the price of TVs had dropped, so many more people than ever before were able to watch television for the first time.
- The 1950s-1960: Remote Controls, Daytime TV, and Sitcoms. The first TV remote was invented in 1950, but since TV had been popular without it for the last decade, not many people bought it.
The Braun tube became the foundation of 20th century television. A cathode ray tube was successfully demonstrated as a displaying device by the German Professor Max Dieckmann in 1906, his experimental results were published by the journal Scientific American in 1909.
Scientists from around the world worked to perfect television for decades, with the key breakthroughs coming in the early 20th century, the invention springing from the work of many minds. The 1890s advertising card shown above depicts a representation of the possible future of “home theater.”
Today, as Internet technology and satellite broadcasting change the way people watch television, the medium continues to evolve, solidifying its position as one of the most important inventions of the 20th century.
Apr 7, 2011 · 1920s. 26 January 1926: First public demonstration of television to members of the Royal Institution by John Logie Baird in his London laboratory. 24–27 May 1927: Baird demonstrates long distance transmission of television pictures over telephone lines from London to Glasgow (438 miles).
May 30, 2024 · The technical standards for modern television, both monochrome (black-and-white) and colour, were first established in the middle of the 20th century. Improvements have been made continuously since that time, and television technology changed considerably in the early 21st century.
