- Pittsburg
-1920
first licensed broadcast (Harding v. Cox presidential election)
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Where/when/how we watch TV
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anywhere, anytime, any way. we have so much freedom with how to consume media
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NBC
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Division of RCA
David Sarnoff
provided quality networking to stations
2 lines: Blue- News, Red- Entertainment
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Camel News Caravan
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first daily news tv show (NBC)
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Quiz Show Scandals
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scripted; in 1959, a congressional investigation showed that answers had been provided to an overly successful contestant on one of the shows and that the shows were fully scripted; caused public broadcasting shows to be pushed off the air; FCC wrote new regulations to enforce a more honest approach in such shows; Charles Van Boron; answers given before show
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Today Show
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1952
Hosted by David Garraway
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First Commercial
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WEAF, New York
1922
Hawthorn Estates Real Estate
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$140 Billion
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how much is spent on advertising each year?
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Philo T. Farnsworth
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played a huge role in creating TV
sued RCA for stealing his ideas
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most watched TV shows
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1. MASH - Finale
2. Dallas - Who shot JR?
3. Roots - Finale
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Ted Serandos
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buyer for Netflix, is in control of what programming makes it onto the site
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I Love Lucy
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Highest rated show of all time
produced in Hollywood
First TV show to be filmed
3 camera technique for live audience (easier for one take for show)
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82%
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How many households have broadband
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18-34 age range
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who has the most power with demographics and advertising?
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Alan Freed
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Dj from Cleveland
Championed Rock n Roll
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MASH Finale
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most watched episode of all time
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telephone
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1876
Alexander Graham Bell
"Come here Mr. Watson, I need you."
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Gunsmoke
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longest running show of all time
20 seasons on CBS
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Vinyl
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recorded music and DJs saved radio
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telegraph
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1844
Samuel F B Morse
"What Hath God Wrought?"
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Wireless Telephone
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1906
Reginald Fessenden
First telecast: christmas eve broadcast
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Chico and the Man
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first show with a hispanic lead
Freddie Prinze
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Vladamir Zworykin
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Worked for RCA under Sarnoff
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Roots
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Based on a book by Alex Haley
Mini series for TV
Addressed Slavery and racism
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Dr. Lee DeForest
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"Father of Radio"
--first live concert (Caruso)
- First live news coverage (Fire)
- Covered the 1916 Presidential Election (wrongly declared Huges the winner)
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87%
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How many american have smartphones
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John Barid
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Made mechanical system of transferring individual images
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ABC network
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NBC's blue network was given up to become ________
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CBS
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Columbia Broadcasting System
1927 started by William Paley
Linked stations with telephone lines
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Amos N Andy
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2 white actors (Charles Correll and Freeman Galson) portrayed black characters
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I Love Lucy, Little Ricky
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Highest rated episode of all time
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1939 world's fair
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where TV was first formally "introduced" to the American public.
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97% or 119.9 million
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households that have at least 1 TV
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Vertical Integration
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being able to create, own and distribute content
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Kinescope
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before the days of videotape, a 1950s technique for preserving television broadcasts by using a film camera to record a live TV show off a studio monitor
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Conglomerates
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major corporations that control majority of news/entertainment
- Disney, Newscorp, National Amusements, Comcast, AT&T
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78%
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How many american households have a pay-TV service?