Chapter 8
Vladimir Zworykin
A Russian immigrant living near Pittsburgh developed the iconoscope tube, the first practical tv camera tube
Philo Farnsworth
An Idaho schoolboy, moved to San Francisco, where he demonstrated his television system in 1927
Spot commercial sales
As a result of the quiz show scandal, the networks changed the way they accepted sponsors' money, changing from single sponsorship for most programs to...
John Logie Baird
British inventor, was sending moving images across the Atlantic using a mechanical disc in the 1920s
Zipping
Fast forwarding through commercials
Creation of the Syndication industry
Lucille Ball's insistence that she, rather than CBS, own the rights to her television program set the stage not only for reruns but also for:
Time-Shifting
Recording a program to watch at a time later than it was broadcasted
NBC
The first public demonstration of television, in the form of regularly scheduled two-hour broadcasts, was presented by _____________ at the 1939 World's Fair
Nipkow disc
The first workable device for generating electrical signals suitable for the transmission of a visual bore its inventor's name.
Nielsen
The primary collector and reporter of television ratings is a company known as..
HBO
What made a big change in tv in 1975?