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- 2009 | The first split screen is broadcast on TV to show the Nixon-Kennedy debates. Alan Shepherd's trip to space is televised.
The All Channel Receiver Act states that UHF tuners be included in all television sets (to provide channels 14 – 83). Telstar, the first satellite in the history of the television timeline, to carry television broadcasts, is launched by AT&T.
Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy, is shot in front of television cameras by Jack Ruby.
Europe can't agree on which television standard to adopt. France and the USSR choose Secam (Systeme Electronique Couleur Avec Memoire) and the UK, West Germany and many others choose PAL (Phase Alternation Line).
The American Federation of Television has its first nationwide strike in its 30 year history. It lasts for 13 days. Most broadcasts are now in color.
Japan begins developing a new television standard. It is later in this history of the television timeline known as High Definition Television, or HDTV.
The first transmission from the moon is televised on July 20. 600 million viewers see history taking place.
HBO is created and begins broadcasting to cable subscribers.
Giant screen projection televisions hit the market.
Betamax is introduced by Sony. This is the first home video cassette recording system.
The mini series is born with the broadcasting of Roots, which runs for 12 hours over the course of eight nights.
PBS is the first to switch all of its programs to satellite delivery.
ESPN makes its cable debut in the history of the television timeline.
Cable TV is making an impact on television demographics, taking 20% of the viewers. CNN is the first 24-hour news service on television.
HDTV is demonstrated, featuring 1,125 lines of resolution.
Home TV can have Dolby surround sound.
Direct Broadcast Satellite begins offering service.
Stereo TV is approved for broadcasting. The U. S. Supreme Court rules that the private recording of television programs do not violate Federal copyright laws. First inductees to the U. S. Television Hall of Fame are honored.
Super VHS is introduced to the market. HDTV is rejected by the United States and Europe as a worldwide standard.
The FCC creates a committee to work on a common standard for digital television in the United States.
Japan begins broadcasting HDTV.
Closed Captioning is required on all new television sets.
DirecTV is launched.
The FCC approves of the HDTV standard. A billion television sets are in use worldwide. The television industry set up a rating system for TV programs. WebTV is introduced to combine the internet with TV.
Digital broadcasts begin in November.
All commercial stations are to have digital TV facilities.
All broadcasts to be in digital. | History of The Television Timeline 3 1 2
| Bibliography of the History of The Television Timeline Wheatley, H (2008). Re-viewing Television History.
Teitelbaum, M (2005). Radio and Television.
Richter, J (2006). Inventing the Television.
Sobchack, V (1996). Persistence of History. Cinema, Television, Modern Event.
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