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1934 in television

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The year 1934 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1934.

Events

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  • March 31 - The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company ends.
  • May 16 - The Seldon Committee is established to investigate the feasibility of a public television service in the UK.
  • July 11 - In the U.S., the Communications Act of 1934 stipulates that commercial television stations "operate in the public interest, convenience, and necessity". The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the act.
  • August 25 - On August 25, the inventor Philo Farnsworth gave the world's first public demonstration of an all-electronic television system, using a live camera, at the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia. His demonstrations continued for ten days afterwards. Farnsworth's system included his version of an image dissector. [1][2]
  • November 5 - First television broadcasts in the USSR.
  • Late 1934 - Vladimir K. Zworykin increases the number of scanning lines in electronic television from 240 lines at 24 frames per second to 343 lines at 30 frames.

Births

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References

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  1. ^ "New Television System Uses 'Magnetic Lens' Archived December 4, 2022, at the Wayback Machine", Popular Mechanics, Dec. 1934, p. 838–839.
  2. ^ Burns (1998), p. 370
  3. ^ "Rue McClanahan: Man-mad Blanche Devereaux in 'The Golden Girls'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Jerry Nelson". Telegraph. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

Sources

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