Evolution of Television Production Industry and Communication Technologies
The growth of the television production industry is traced from early forms of communication such as drumbeats and smoke signals to the invention of the telegraph by Cooke and Wheatstone in 1830. The development of Morse code and wireless telegraphy by Guglielmo Marconi in 1899 revolutionized communication. Students are assigned to write a 140-character Morse code tweet using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, demonstrating the link between historical communication methods and modern technology.
- Television Production
- Communication Technologies
- Morse Code
- Telecommunication
- Historical Communication
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Growth of The television production industry Where it came from and how it got here
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 thedots Invention of the battery 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? File:J38TelegraphKey.jpg
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
Marconis wireless invention https://youtu.be/VM3JEUk6Q2s
Marconis wireless saved some of the titanic passengers
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 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
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
