Advanced AV Production Practicum The History of AV Production and Associated Technologies The Broadcast Years Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Audio) Movietone system of recording film sound on an audio track right on the film invented Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Audio) Walt Disney releases "Fantasia", with eight-track stereophonic sound Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Audio) Ampex produces its first audio tape recorder, the Model Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Audio) Les Paul makes the first 8-track recordings using the "Sel-Sync" method Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Audio) Philips introduces its own 30-minute compact audio cassette format 1964 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Film) "The Jazz Singer” is the first successful talking motion picture Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Broadcast) CBS is founded NBC starts two radio networks. First television broadcasts in England. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Broadcast) A handful of TV stations began to broadcast, led by RCA’s New York City station, a direct ancestor of today’s WNBC. By the end of the year, television was regularly broadcasting in about a dozen cities Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Broadcast) The first commercial FM radio stations begin broadcasting Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Broadcast) The Blue Network, part of NBC, officially becomes the ABC network. A 1941 FCC ruling required RCA to divest itself of one of its two networks Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Broadcast) Network television starts in U.S. A special broadcast in January inaugurates East-Midwest TV linkage A special broadcast in January inaugurates East-Midwest TV linkage Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Broadcast) CBS broadcasts the first color program on June 21, but only 25 receivers can accommodate mechanical color. Viewers of 12 million existing sets see only a blank screen Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Broadcast) Public Broadcasting Service begins, and in November launches "Sesame Street," one of the most influential achievements in children's TV Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Associated Technologies) Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder for broadcasting 1934 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Associated Technologies) Transistors are invented - enabling the miniaturization of electronic devices Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Associated Technologies) The earliest cable systems are born in remote areas of Pennsylvania and Oregon. Known then as Community Antenna Television, its function was simply to bring TV signals into communities where off-air reception was either non-existent or poor because of interfering mountains or distance 1948 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Associated Technologies) National Association of Radio & Television Broadcasters ratifies a new Television Code establishing guidelines for content and addressing the concerns of social critics. Nearly half the code is devoted to advertising Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Associated Technologies) Videotape is introduced by Ampex Corp. at a CBS-TV affiliates' session. Most TV shows at the time are produced by the kinescope process Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Associated Technologies) There are 525 cable TV systems serving 450,000 subscribers in the U.S 1958 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Associated Technologies) FCC issues its first cable regulation: There are about 1 million homes wired for cable in the U.S. at the time Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Associated Technologies) ARPANET - the first Internet started by the Government Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

The Broadcast Years (Associated Technologies) The movie “Forbidden Planet” is released with the first all-electronic film score, composed by Louis and Bebe Barron. How did the development of these broadcast technologies influence society of the first half of the 20 th century? Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.