Television
The start of the television market all began in 1897 by K.F. Braun. He
invented the cathode ray tube which would become the screen of most television
sets.
In 1925 C. Francis Jankins had used some ideas from a Scottish engineer,
A. A. Campbell, to create images on the screens. The United States navy used
this new technology to transfer images back and forth to its ships.
In 1929 David Sarnoff invested $50 million dollars into the development
of television sets. In 1935 Sarnoff committed RCA to the development of
television sets. Several networks had to begun to form in Europe such as the
British Broadcasting Corporation which provided the first television service.
Programs were only shown for 3 hours per day. During the next year the united
states set up eleven television stations. RCA demonstrated a television set at
the New York World's Fair were Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke before a camera
becoming the first president to appear on television.
In 1940 the......
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