| Date |
Development |
| 1960 |
- First experimental satellite was launched
.
- Called Echo1.
|
| 1962 |
- US Congress passed law that allowed home
television to recieve UHF channels.
- All television sets for sale must have
VHF and UHF tuners.
- Education Television Faculties Act- gave
federal aid to educational television.
- Test satellite called Telstar launched.
|
| 1964 |
- NBC increased the amount of shows broadcast
in color .
|
| 1965 |
- First commercial communications satellite
called Early Bird started operating.
- Carnegie Commision studied ETV.
|
| 1966 |
- Two more networks broadcast in color.
|
| 1967 |
- Public Broadcasting Act passed due to
Carnegie Commission Report.
|
| 1969-1972 |
- FCC let cable companies operate new programs
and advertising. Cable companies then were allowed to have control
over their own programming.
|
| 1974 |
- First actual non-experimental satellite
put into use for domestic TV broadcasting.
|
| 1975 |
- HBO is the first national cable network,
using a satellite system.
|
| 1970's |
- VCR, disc players, and video games allow
for more home entertainment than ever before!
|
| 1980's |
- European television market grew substantially
over decade.
|
| 1992 |
- Jonny Carson announced that he was retiring
from The Tonight Show after thirty years.
|
| 1993 |
- Congressional hearings were held to combat
the amount of violence on television; warning labels were proposed.
|
| 1997 |
- Cable's Home Box Office (HBO) won an
Emmy; it was the first cable show to do so.
|
| 1998 |
- Started in 1997, the FCC enacted legislation
to protect children's programing.
|
| 2000s |
- TV set technology improves with HDTV,
Plasma, Liquid Crystal and Projection types.
|