Paul Gottlieb Nipkow Nipkow created the Nipkow Disk

Paul Gottlieb Nipkow

• Nipkow created the ’Nipkow Disk, ’ and patented it in 1885. • The ‘Nipkow Disk’ is a mechanical, rotating, geometrically operating image scanning device.

John Logie Baird • In 1925, John Logie Baird demonstrated the first moving television pictures via a mechanical system based on Nipkow's disk. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=1 a. Ic 7 d. OSUQA

Philo Farnsworth • American inventor who developed the first all-electronic television system in 1927.

Farnsworth • As a teenager, Farnsworth became interested in the problem of television and was convinced that mechanical systems that used (EX. the spinning disc) would be too slow to scan and assemble images many times a second. • He determined that only an electronic system could scan and assemble an image fast enough. • By 1922 (while still in high school), Farnsworth worked out the basic outline of an electronic television system.

Important Dates in Television History • July 2, 1928 - W 3 XK, invented by Charles Francis Jenkins, became the first commercially licensed television station in the United States. • 1936 - The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin became the first live-televised sporting event. • May 17, 1939 - The first American sporting event, a college baseball game between Columbia and Princeton, was televised live.

Important Dates in Television History • July 1, 1941 - The first ever television commercial was aired on NBC owned WNBT. • The commercial was aired prior to first pitch of a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field in New York. • The commercial was for Bulova Watch Company. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? time_continue=4&v=Ss 6 v 5 bpx. ODo

Important Dates in Television History • September 9, 1956 - Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. • A record 82% of the television audience tuned in to see Presley’s appearance. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=s. GZm 7 EOam. Wk

Important Dates in Television History • 1960 - The Presidential Debate between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon was televised nationally for the first time. • The visual component of the debate may have altered the race!

Important Dates in Television History • 1963 - The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy • Television news amplified the shocking development. • Walter Cronkite’s announcement that the President had passed away: • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=6 PXORQE 5 -CY

Important Dates in Television History • July 20, 1969 - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made history as the first people to step foot on the moon. • Event was watched by an estimated 600 million people. • “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. ” • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=cw. Zb 2 mq. Id 0 A&t=42 s