EXTRA: The timeline of the history of the television

Date	Invention
1872-1877	Stroboscopic disc	A series of photographs can be viewed by stroboscopic disc.
1844	Flexible photographic film	George Eastman invents flexible photographic film.
1887	Motion picture camera	Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera.
1888	Record pictures	Edison attemps to record picture photos onto a wax cylinder.
1891-1895	15 second motion pictures	Dickson shoots numerous 15 motion pictures, using Edison's kineograph, his motion picture camera.
1895	First public demonstration	First public demonstration of motion pictures displayed in France.
1897	Cathode Ray Tube	Development of the Cathode Ray Tube by Ferdinand Braun.
1907	Use of cathode ray tube	Use of cathode ray tube to produce television images.
1923	Patent for the iconoscope	Patent for the iconoscope, the forerunner of the picture tube.
1927	Talking films	Talking films begin with Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer"
Early 1930s	Black and white broadcasting experiments	RCA conducts black and white broadcasting experiments.
1936	First television broadcast	First television broadcast made available in London.
1938	Colour TV broadcast	Initial proposal for colour TV broadcast made by George Valensi.
1945	Fewer than 7,000 working TV sets	There were fewer than 7,000 working TV sets in the country, and only nine stations on air.
1946	The Blue Network	The Blue Network, part of NBC, officially becomes the ABC network.
1948	Advertisers accept the medium	Throughout the year, 933 sponsors buy TV time, a rise of 515% over 1947.
1948	By Autumn, FCC has issued 108 licenses	108 licenses for new stations, with hundreds more applications pending across the nation.
1948	The earliest cable systems	The earliest cable systems are born in remote areas.
1949	The number of TV stations grows	By January, the number of TV stations grows to 98 in 58 market areas.
1952	The number of TB households grows	The number of TV households grows to 20 million, up 33% from the previous year.
1953	Colour broadcasting	Colour broadcasting officially arrives, when FCC approves modified version of an RCA system.
1957	Countries worldwide allow TV advertising	By August, for the first time, more countries worldwide allow TV advertising than forbid it.
1967	An opinion survey	An opinion survey sponsored by National Association of Broadcasters shows a high level of public dissatisfaction with TV commercials and programs.
1967	An opinion survey	63% of those surveyed would prefer TV without commercials.
1968	Manufacturers make 11.4 million TV sets	Manufacturers make 11.4 million new TV sets, up from 5.7 million receivers made in 1960.
1971	Transition from 60-seconds to 30-seconds	The transition from 60-seconds to 30-seconds as the standard length of adverts takes hold.
1977	More than 75% of TV-equipped homes	More than 75% of TV-equipped homes are able to receive colour on one or more sets.
1993	Many households own two or more TV sets	By the start of the year, 98% of households own at least one TV set, 64% have two or more sets.
1996	Digital satelite dishes hit the market	Digital satelite dishes that are only 18 inches in diameter hit the market.
2000	The year of the DVD	The year of the Digital Disc - A.K.A. the DVD.
2003	DVD camcorder is released	The first DVD camcorder is released.
2006	Blu-Ray DVDs	Blu-Ray DVDs are released, storing up to 27 GB of data.
2010	3D arrives	3D movies and 3D television sets arrive.

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Websites I used:
http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm