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At the age of 14, who provided a design for television on a school blackboard?
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| Which television technology enjoyed initial success before the development of electronic TV? |
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Who had success in getting RCA to hear and sponsor their idea for television?
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Which inventor won the early patent battle concerning television and how did they respond to RCA’s request to buy the rights to the patents?
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Farnsworth
He held his ground and wanted continuous royalties. |
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What decade did Sarnoff believe television would be in most people homes? Why didn’t the launch of television happen under such a timetable?
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The 1930s
There was no way to reliably send the signal by broadcast and no public demand (why did you need pictures when you had radio). |
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Who led the CBS network to great success through his programming ability, including airing successful drama shows and people like Orson Wells and Edward R. Murrow?
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What type of problem did early television actors experience in the studio/on set?
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| They had to wear green and purple makeup and the temperatures from the hot lights soared. |
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| In 1940, what did the FCC chairman do that affected RCA and David Sarnoff? As a result, what network was created? |
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The chairman pushed an anti-trust law through Congress to weaken Sarnoff’s stranglehold of the broadcast industry.
ABC was created as a result. |
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What businessman from New Jersey had developed a better television set than RCA? What standard did the FCC endorse?
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Allen B. Dumont
The FCC endorsed Sarnoff’s 450 lines. |
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Who invented an inexpensive television set in 1948? How much did this set cost?
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| Which network had their standard approved initially by the FCC? Why was the standard eventually changed? Which company eventually was granted the standard for color television? |
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| CBS had their standard initially approved. The standard was changed because color mechanical sets were incompatible with the electronic black & white sets already out there. RCA was granted the standard for color television. |
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| During the early years of television, what dropped dramatically during the airing of the Jack Benny show? |
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| Which company helped develop communication satellites? |
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Who didn’t want the word “television” uttered in his home during the last ten years of his life?
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