Timeline of Television
(1831-2010)

1831

Joseph Henry and Michael Faraday's
work in electromagnetism begins
research in electronic communication

1884

Paul Julius Gottieb patented
the Nipkow disk, which scanned
lines of image

1907

Campbell Swinton and
Boris Rosing both develop
electronic methods of
reproducing images

1923

Vladimir Zworykin patents
his iconoscope based on
Swinton's ideas

1927

Bell Telephone and U.S. Department
of Commerce first conduct long-
distance use of television in
Washington D.C. and New York City

Philo Farnsworth files
for a patent on first
electronic television
system

1929

Vladimir Zworykin creates kinescope tube which is the first electronic system for both the transmission and reception of images

1930

BBC begins regular
TV transmissions

Charles Jenkins releases/broadcasts the first ever TV commercial

1941

The FCC releases
the NTSC standard
of black and white TV

1948

Cable television
is introduced

1 million homes now
have televisions

1956

First remote control created by Robert Adler called the Zenith Space Commander

1962

The first satellite for TV broadcasts (named Telstar) is launched^

1967

Most TVs are now colored

1969

600 MILLION people watch the first TV transmission made from the moon

1992

Cartoon Network
introduced to everyone

2010

Parasonic makes the first
3D television set

Timeline of Television(1831-2010)