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A Brief History of Television
Mass Media & Communication · Chapter 5 · 4: Television
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- Black-and-white era: John Baird, first transmissions, mechanical scanning and cathode ray, World War II halt, first television station
- Colour era: first colour television, Baird's scanning discs, Peter Goldmark's electromechanical system, early colour programmes, compact sets
- Digital era: switch from analogue to digital, HDTV, NTSC and PAL