MMC 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cathode Ray Tube, Tv Technology, Communications Satellite
23 Oct 2018
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The origins and development of television: early innovations in tv technology. Cathode ray tube in 1800s: electronic technology: zworykin and farnsworth. Complex patent battle beginning in 1907: farnsworth won patent for the rst electronic television. Setting technological standards: fcc adopted analog standard in 1941, replaced in 2009 with digital signals. The introduction of color television: 1952 cbs had color system approved, black and white tvs couldn"t receive the signal, 1954 rca color system worked on black and white, controlling content tv grows up. Program format changes inhibit sponsorship: magazine format and the tv spectacular. The rise and fall of quiz shows: cheap to produce and rigged to create drama. Sunday, october 7, 2018: ran during primetime. The development of cable: catv community antenna television. Communities with catv received twice as many channels: the wires and satellites behind cable television. 1960 at&t launched telstar, rst communication satellite capable of receiving, amplifying, and returning signals: geosynchronus orbit, cable threatens broadcasting.
