Intro to Broadcasting Test 2: History of TV

What company buys ABC? And in what year?

**Capital Cities Communications* buys ABC *1985

What is the *kinescope*, and who invented it and when?

**Kinescope* = the receiver tube **Vladimir Zworykin* patented it in *1924*

1927

**Philo Farnsworth* transmits the first electronic television image and applied for a patent on it, the *Image Dissector*

1939

**Vladimir Zworykin* developed the *inconoscope* and the *kinescope* for *NBC* **Farnsworth* developed a *glass vacuum tube seal* and the *Image Dissector* in which *RCA* signs a patent agreement with him **RCA's* station, *W2XBS*, begins the industry's *first regular schedule of television service* to 4,000 locally-owned sets on April 30, 1939 showing President Roosevelt opening the 1939 New York World's Fair **RCA* station broadcasts the *first major league baseball game*, a double header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers and *then the first NFL game* between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Eagles **Dumont Company, along with RCA and GE begins producing electronic television sets for consumers*. Kits are available for the less affluent

What company bought Mutual Broadcasting? And in what year?

**Westwood One* bought Mutual Broadcasting *1985

What year did RCA station broadcast the first major league baseball game, and who played?

*1939 *A double header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers

What year did the production of electronic television sets start for consumers? Which companies started this?

*1939 *Dumont Company, along with RCA and GE began production

What year did RCA station broadcast the first NFL game, and who played?

*1939 *The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Eagles

What year did RCA's* station, *W2XBS*, begin the industry's *first regular schedule of television service*? How many were able to see this television service, and what was on it?

*1939 *To 4,000 locally-owned sets on April 30, 1939 showing President Roosevelt opening the 1939 New York World's Fair

What year did Dumont get a license for an experimental television station in New York City? What was this station called?

*1940 *W2XWV was the station's name

What year did the FCC authorize commercial television to begin? What standards did it require for these commercials?

*1941 *525 lines and 30 frames per second

What year did W2XBS (RCA's station) go commercial? Who sponsored this station? What was the first "legal" commercial for that aired on this station?

*1941 *General Mills sponsored it before a baseball game *The first "legal" commercial was for Bulova watches, and it aired before the baseball game

What year did NBC have to sell one of its two networks? What was the name of it? What does this network later become?

*1943 *It sold NBC Blue *It later became ABC

What year did the FCC approve a new type of broadcasting? What was it called?

*1952 *UHF-TV broadcasting

What year did color television broadcasting officially begin? What television show did it start on? How did this occur?

*1953 *It started on the Colgate Comedy Hour *Occurred after the FCC adopted the RCA system as its standard

What year did the first public television station make its debut? What was it called? Where did it debut?

*1954 *It was called WQED *It debuted in Pittsburgh, PA

What year was the first game show debut? What was it called?

*1958 *Was called "21"

What year was the first satellite to send television signals launched? Who launched it? What was it called?

*1962 *AT&T launched it *It was called Telstar

What year was television first used on a U.S. manned space flight? What was the space flight called?

*1963 *Was called Mercury 9

What year did all networks televise in color? What network had the most color programs?

*1965 *NBC had the most color programs

What year was the first live telecast from a manned spacecraft? What spacecraft was it?

*1968 *The spacecraft was Apollo 7

What year did Zworykin die? Who was he?

*1983 *He created the iconoscope (1923) and the kinescope (1924); worked at Westinghouse Electric

What year was the first generation of direct broadcast satellite systems launched? What was the satellite system called?

*1991 *It was called Primestar *Was launched by a group of cable system owners

What year was the first widescreen TV introduced? Which company introduced it? What ratio did it have?

*1993 *RCA introduced it *IT had a 16:9 ratio

What year did Westinghouse Corp buy CBS?

*1995

In what year did *UPN* debut? What network does *UPN* stand for?

*1995 *Stands for United Paramount Network

In what year did WB debut? What network does *WB* stand for?

*1995 *Stands for Warner Brothers

In what year did *WB* and *UPN* debut? Which networks do WB and UPN stand for?

*1995 *WB = Warner Brothers *UPN = United Paramount Network

What year was MSNBC launched? Which companies launched it?

*1996 *It was a joint venture between GE and Microsoft

What year did Sony buy MGM Studios?

*2000

What year did multi-casting begin? And at what station?

*2001 *Began with WRAL in Raleigh, NC

2004

*98% of American households have a TV and the average home has more than 2 *GE now owns the NBC Telemundo, Bravo, CNBC, USA, SciFI and the Trio networks as well as Universal Studio, Universal's 5,000 film library, 32,000 television episodes, and 5 theme parks *In addition to ABC, the Walt Disney Company also owns 10 TV and 64 radio stations

In 2004, what percent of Americans had a TV? On average, how many did a home have?

*98% of Americans owned a TV *The average household had *2 TVs*

What network did Walt Disney acquire in 1995?

*ABC

What 2 companies' merge became the *largest corporate merger in history* and *created the world's largest media and entertainment company*? In what year did this occur?

*AOL/Time Warner *2000

1956

*Ampex introduces the first videotape machine *Robert Adair introduces the first wireless remote control, the Zenith Space Commander

2001

*Average adult watches 4 hours of TV a day *Multi-casting begins with station WRAL in Raleigh, NC

Between 1941-1943 (the Powerpoint doesn't give a date)

*Both CBS and NBS have regularly schedule programming of approximately 15 per week *Armed Forces Radio begins

What news station did Westinghouse Corp buy in 1995?

*CBS

What news program was the first to offer news 24 hours a day on its program? What year did this start?

*CNN *1980

1980

*CNN debuted as the first 24 hour news program *Closed captioning debuted

1970

*David Sarnoff retires as president of RCA *Viacom is formed after CBS spins off its television programming arm

1941

*FCC authorizes commercial television to begin on July 1st. It sets television standards at 525 lines and 30 frames per second *W2XBS (RCA's radio station) goes commercial and is sponsored by General Mills before a baseball game, but before the game starts, the first "legal" commercial is for Bulova watches *WCBS goes on the air with the first newscast on July 1st

1972

*Farnsworth and Sarnoff both died *Monday Night Football debuts. *Videocassette becomes available to the public. *Half the homes in the U.S. are color sets.

1968

*First live telecast from a manned spacecraft - Apollo 7 *60 Minutes debuted

1985

*GE buys RCA and NBC *ABC bought by Capital Cities Communications *Mutual Broadcasting is sold to Westwood One *Rupert Murdoch buys 6 stations and forms the Fox Network *Viacom buys Showtime, the Movie Channel, MTV, and VH-1 *AT&T is broken up

What network did Robert Murdoch form? In what year?

*He bought 6 stations and formed the Fox Network *1985

Which company introduced the first PC? What year did this occur?

*IBM *1982

What is the *iconoscope*, and who invented it and when?

*Iconoscope = a TV transmission tube **Vladimir Zworykin* patented it in *1923*

What were the only HD DVD options available in 2000?

*It was a competition between *Sony and Disney's Blu-Ray* vs. *Toshiba and Paramount's HD DVD*

1925

*John Logie Baird* demonstrates the first moving television pictures via a mechanical system based on Nipkow's disk

What company did *Sony* buy in 2000?

*MGM Studios *This gave Sony access to over 7,000 titles; it became the *largest movie library*

What company did GE and Microsoft launch in 1996?

*MSNBC (MicroSoft National Broadcasting Company)

1981

*MTV debuted *HDTV debuted

1947

*NBC televises the first World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees *Coaxial cable is introduced *President Truman's Presidential address is televised

What was the first television network to switch from landlines to satellite distribution? In what year?

*PBS *1978

1978

*PBS became the first television network to switch from landlines to satellite distribution *QUBE- two way cable is introduced in Ohio

Which companies did Viacom acquire? (There wasn't a specific date in the PowerPoint, but it is some time between 1993-1995)

*Paramount Communications and Blockbuster Video

What is QUBE? When was it introduced?

*QUBE is two way cable *It was introduced in 1978 in Ohio

What company introduced the first widescreen TV? In what year?

*RCA *1993

What networks did GE buy? And in what year?

*RCA and NBC *1985

1952

*RCA becomes the principal manufacturer of color TV receivers *FCC approves UHF-TV broadcasting

Who introduced the first wireless remote control, what was it called, and in what year?

*Robert Adair *1956 *Was called the Zenith Space Commander

Who formed the Fox Network? How many stations made up this network? And in what year?

*Robert Murdoch *6 stations made up the network *1985

Which 4 companies did Viacom buy? In what year?

*Showtime, the Movie Channel, MTV, and VH-1 *1985

What is multi-casting?

*Simultaneous broadcasts* with one of its digital channels along with its regular CBS programming

1975

*Sony's Betamax video recorder goes on the market *Saturday Night Live debuts

In 2000, which 2 reality shows were popular?

*Survivor, which was number 1 *Who Wants to be a Millionaire? was on 5 days a week

What service did Time-Warner/AOL offer, in addition to Cable TV and Internet access? And in what year?

*Telephone service *2005

2000

*The AOL/Time Warner agreement becomes the largest corporate merger in history and the world's largest media and entertainment company *7 of the top thirty programs are reality shows with Survivor number one and the five days of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? *Viacom owns 16 CBS and 18 UPN stations as well as 15 cable networks, 3 TV and production networks, including the largest syndicator, King World, 185 radio stations, and Paramount Pictures *Sony buys MGM Studios gaining the world's largest movie library with over 7,000 titles *It's Sony and Disney's Blu-ray vs. Toshiba and Paramount's HD DVD for high definition DVD's *There are more than 300 cable networks

2006

*The year Viacom and CBS split *WB and UPN shut down and become the CW Network

Which company purchased Showtime, the Movie Channel, MTV, and VH-1? In what year?

*Viacom *1985

1999

*Viacom and CBS merge *TIVO entered the market *Recording industry filed a lawsuit against the music website, Napster

1923

*Vladimir Zworkykin*, who worked at Westinghouse Electric, patented the *iconoscope,* which was a TV transmission tube

1924

*Vladimir Zworykin*, who worked at Westinghouse, patented the *kinescope,* which was the receiver tube

Who acquired ABC? And in what year?

*Walt Disney *1995

1995

*Walt Disney acquired ABC *Westinghouse Corp bought CBS *WB (Warner Brothers) and UPN (United Paramount Network debut

What was the largest syndicator called? What company owned it and when?

*Was called *King World* *Viacom owned it in 2000

What year did *John Logie Baird* demonstrate the first moving television pictures via a mechanical system based on Nipkow's disk?

1925

What year did *Philo Farnsworth* transmit the first electronic television image and applied for a patent on it? What did he call this?

1927 *Called it the Image Dissector

What year did *Vladimir Zworykin* develop the *inconoscope* and the *kinescope* for NBC?

1939

What year did Farnsworth develop a *glass vacuum tube seal* and the *Image Dissector* in which *RCA* signs a patent agreement with him?

1939

What year does RCA replace the iconoscope imaging device with the *image-orthicon camera*?

1945

What year did NBC televise the first World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees?

1947

What year was *Coaxial Cable* introduced?

1947

What year was President Truman's Presidential address televised?

1947

What year did Zenith experiment with Pay TV?

1948

What year were there 4 TV networks? What were the networks?

1949 *NBC, CBS, ABC, and Dumont

What year did CBS establish first TV news post in Washington, D.C.?

1950

What year did RCA becomes the principal manufacturer of color TV receivers?

1952

What year did Dumont Network fold?

1955

What year did Ampex introduce the first videotape machine?

1956

What year was instant replay used for the first time in sports?

1964

What year did 60 Minutes debut?

1968

What year did David Sarnoff retire as president of RCA?

1970

What year was Viacom formed after CBS spins off its television programming arm?

1970

What year was cigarette advertising banned from radio and TV?

1971

By what year did half of the homes in the U.S. have color television sets?

1972

What year did Farnsworth and Sarnoff die?

1972

What year did Monday Night Football debut?

1972

What year did videocassette become available to the public?

1972

What year did Saturday Night Live debut?

1975

What year did Sony's Betamax video recorder go on the market?

1975

What year was VHS home recording introduced?

1976

What year was the CD demonstrated and the Sony Walkman introduced?

1979

What year did closed captioning debut?

1980

What year did HDTV debut?

1981

What year did MTV debut?

1981

What year did AT&T break up?

1985

What year did Walt Disney acquire ABC?

1995

What year did TIVO enter the market?

1999

What year did Viacom and CBS merge?

1999

What year did the recording industry file a lawsuit against the music website Napster?

1999

By what year were there more than *300* cable networks?

2000

In what year did Viacom own 16 CBS and 18 UPN stations, 15 cable networks, 3 TV and production networks, including the largest syndicator, King World, 185 radio stations, and Paramount Pictures?

2000

In what year was *7 of the top 30 programs reality shows* with *Survivor number one* and the five days of *Who Wants to be a Millionaire?*

2000

What year was the reality show, Survivor, number 1? And Who Wants to be a Millionaire? on 5 days a week?

2000

In what year did an average adult watch 4 hours of TV a day?

2001

What year did DVD sales surpass VCR sales?

2002

What year did 98% of American households have a TV with the average home having more than 2 TVs?

2004

What year did GE own the NBC Telemundo, Bravo, CNBC, USA, SciFI and the Trio networks as well as Universal Studio, Universal's 5,000 film library, 32,000 television episodes, and 5 theme parks? *Basically took over the world haha*

2004

What year did the Walt Disney Company own ABC, 10 TV stations, and 64 radio stations?

2004

In what year did Time-Warner/AOL offer telephone service, in addition to Cable TV and Internet access?

2005

In what year did WB and UPN shut down and become the CW Network?

2006

What year did Viacom and CBS split?

2006

In what year did the transformation from analog to digital begin?

2009

How many cable networks were there in 2000?

300

How many hours did an average adult watch TV in 2001?

4 hours of TV a day

What is TIVO

A hard-disc based personal recorder that allows the viewer to pause a live show, record, and skip over commercials

What company broke up in 1985?

AT&T

1962

AT&T launches Telstar, the first satellite to send television signals

1965

All networks are televising in color. NBC has the most color programs.

What does ABC stand for?

American Broadcasting Company

1971

Ban on cigarette advertising on radio and TV

1950

CBS established first TV news post in Washington, D.C.

1979

CD is demonstrated and Sony Walkman is introduced

1953

Color television broadcasting officially began on the Colgate Comedy Hour after the FCC adopted the RCA system as its standard

2002

DVD sales surpass VCR sales

1955

Dumont Network folds

1940

Dumont gets a license for experimental television station W2XWV in New York City

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

1991

First generation of direct broadcast satellite systems, Primestar is launched by a group of cable system owners

1993

First widescreen TV with a 16:9 ratio introduced by RCA

1958

Game shows debut with the show "21"

What does GE stand for?

General Electric

1982

IBM introduced the first PC

1964

Instant replay is used for the first time in sports

What year did WCBS go on the air with the first newscast?

July 1, 1941

1996

MSNBC is launched as a joint venture between GE and Microsoft

What does MSNBC stand for?

MicroSoft National Broadcasting Company

What was the transformation that began in 2009?

Moving from *analog to digital*

1943

NBC is forced to sell one of its two networks (NBC Blue which later becomes ABC)

What music website did the recording industry file a lawsuit against in 1999?

Napster

What does NBC stand for?

National Broadcasting Company

What company owned the radio station *W2XBS*?

RCA (Radio Corporation of America)

1945

RCA replaces the iconoscope imaging device with the *image-orthicon camera*

What does RCA stand for?

Radio Corporation of America

1963

Television is used on a U.S. manned space flight, Mercury 9

1949

The 4 TV networks were NBC, CBS, ABC, and Dumont

When WB and UPN shut down in 2006, what network did they become?

The CW Network (I believe the "C" stands for CBS and the "W" stands for Warner Brothers, but it isn't in the PowerPoint)

What was the most viewed TV show in history?

The final episode of MASH

1954

The first public television station, WQED, made its debut in Pittsburgh, PA

2009

The year that the transformation from analog to digital began

2005

Time-Warner/AOL offers telephone service, in addition to Cable TV and Internet access

What does UHF stand for?

Ultra High Frequency

What network does *UPN* stand for?

United Paramount Network

1976

VHS home recording was introduced

What does VHF stand for?

Very High Frequency

What company did CBS merge with in 1999?

Viacom

Which company acquired *Paramount Communications* and *Blockbuster Video*?

Viacom

What network does *WB* stand for?

Warner Brothers

1948

Zenith experiments with Pay TV

1983

Zworykin died