Growth of The television production industry Where it came from and how it got here

What will you learn? How to identify the various parts of the TV production industry and recall the unique characteristics of each Explain the roles of networks and affiliates in the process of scheduling programming Summarize how the cost of an ad is determined

Back in the olden days… https://youtu.be/sIhnYFRu4ao

How did they used to do it? Drumbeats or smoke signals China, Egypt and Greece Semaphore Flagbearer on hilltop Issues Breakdowns of communication due to weather and other factors Need for uninterrupted line of sight

Connecting the…dots Invention of the battery Current and magnetics Alessandro Volta (1800) Stored and controlled the electric current Current and magnetics Hans Christian Oersted (1820) Showed connection by moving a magnetic needle with electricity

The first telegraph Invention of the telegraph Cooke and Wheatstone (1830) Telegraph system with five magnetic needles that pointed at letters and numbers using electricity

The first telegraph https://youtu.be/HVaDbb1Ew8g

Morse code Samuel Morse’s code, 1836 Electronic pulses symbolizing letters could be sent along a wire spelling out words Click here for a cool video on Morse Code What does “SOS” stand for?

Morse code Kidavalanche.wordpress.com

Assignment: Morse tweet Using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, write a “Morse Code” 140-character message to your grandmother telling her about your first few weeks at school Remember that Twitter only allows 140 characters, including spaces, so your message needs to fit. You can check your character count in Word by going to Review/Word Count and look at the number next to “characters (with spaces).” It should be less than 140 Title your document [last name] morse tweet and save into your “broadcast journalism” folder on your Google Drive Share the assignment with Mrs. J via Google Drive by midnight on Tuesday, September 12, 2017

The wireless telegraph Gugliemo Marconi invented the wireless telegraph in 1899 Would send Morse code without wires

Marconi’s wireless invention https://youtu.be/VM3JEUk6Q2s

Marconi’s wireless saved some of the titanic passengers

Could he have saved more? https://youtu.be/_q7M4OEMAyE

The first fax machine Hey! Let’s send a picture over a wire! In 1862, a photo was successfully sent over a wire using Abbe Giovanna Caselli’s "pantelegraph“ https://youtu.be/N5Tzghdd1iQ

The first tv broadcast First moving images transmitted on April 9, 1927 between Washington, DC and New York City

The first tv commercial First moving images transmitted on April 9, 1927 between Washington, DC and New York City The first television commercial Created in 1941 Ran during the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball game Cost $9 to produce

The first tv commercial https://youtu.be/8JenAyMmZ68

The first tv station W3XK in Wheaton, Maryland was the first television station in the United States Utilized mechanical TV sets Image to right taken from 1930 mechanical TV; actually half the size of a business card

What is mechanical tv? https://youtu.be/92dN2G5-D4c

Mechanical television set

Rca introduced the ct-100 in 1954

The growth of the industry By 1948, one milllion TVs had been sold Half of the TV’s in the US are in NYC DuMont 20” TV cost $28,500 in today’s $$ Only one in ten Americans has laid eyes on a TV Community Antennae Television (CATV) created for rural Pennsylvania Precursor to today’s cable TV dumonthistory.tv

The growth of the industry Until 1948, all programs broadcast were performed live Why? Ampex Corporation introduced broadcast-quality taping system, the Video Tape Recorder (VTR) Home VCR introduced in 1971 How did it affect Hollywood? www.mardersteig.mynetcologne.de

The growth of the industry Satellite broadcasting introduced in 1962 How did this change viewer experience? Major global news occurred in July 1969 What was it? By 1983, consumers subscribed directly listverse.com

The growth of the industry By 1995, there were one billion TVs globally In 1996, the FCC approved HDTV standards With so many features offered by HD, standardization needed In 2002, all new TVs had to have digital-capable tuners On June 12, 2009, all analog broadcasts ceased theruckusroom.net

Assignment: satellite broadcasting Write a two-paragraph analysis on why you think that satellite broadcasting changed the industry Title the document [last name] satellite, and save it inside your “broadcast journalism” folder Share the assignment with Mrs. J via Google Drive by midnight on Wednesday, September 13, 2017