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WorksheetsThe History of American Broadcasting
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Introduced in 1837, this allowed written code to be transmitted from one area to another
telephone
telegraph
wireless radio
techniscope
Started in 1981 this cable network began playing music videos, forever changing the music industry
VH1
CMT
MTV
GAC
This was the first way for consumers to watch movies in a digital format from home *
DVD
Bluray
Laserdisc
HD-DVD
This as a committee that was established in 1951 to help transition to color television
EPA
FEMA
NTSC
FCC
In this year U.S. television stations begin to broadcast a digital signal.
1948
1966
1999
1985
In 1936 this major sporting event was televised
The World Cup
Super Bowl III
The Berlin Olympics
The World Series
This was the location of the first Radio Station in 1920.
New York
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Zworykin developed this component that enabled the first practical tube camera in 1933.
Image Dissector Tube
Iconoscope
UHF
VHF
First major Network to broadcast a color signal
CBS
ABC
NBC
PBS
This digital format was introduced in The United States in 1997 and replaced VHS as the dominant home video format.
LaserDisc
BluRay
DVD
DivX
This format had inferior quality to it's major competitor but could record up to 2 hours and became the
dominant home recording media format of the 1980's
Betamax
3/4" Umatic Tape
VHS
Mini-DV Tape
Philo T. Farnsworth developed this component that made early TV possible.
Iconoscope
UHF
Image Dissector Tube
VHF
The first all news network that started in 1980.
Fox News
CNN
MSNBC
BBC News Hour
With this invention, the large T.V. stations that could afford it, were finally able to record programming
electronically on magnetic tape
Betamax
Ampex Video Recorder
Image Dissector Tube
Image Dissector Tube
The oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service (basic or premium) in the United States, having been in operation since 1972.
Cinemax
STARZ
TCM
HBO
