COMM-100 FA4 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Audience Measurement, Concentration Of Media Ownership, Studio Monitor
3 Oct 2016
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1948 1% of people had a tv set, 1953 50% had one, 1960 90% had one. 3 historical development: tech. advances, patent wars, need to control content, and scandals. Inventors wanted to transmit images (just how they did with audio) They encode them at a transmissions point (tv station) and decoded them at a reception (tv set) Paul nipkow developed a flat metal disc that separated pictures into pinpoints of light that could be transmitted on electric lines. Vladimir zworykin and philo farnsworth basically both created the first electronic tv. Farnsworth"s drawings proved he had one it first though. National tv system committee (ntsc) had the fcc adopt an analog standard (about. The us used analog until signals were switched to digital in 2009. Amount of tv channels limited due to cables/systems. The fcc assigned channels to specific areas to prevent interference. Tv grew popular and the fcc declared a licensee fee.
