Television Milestones

• 1880s1880s• 1920s & 1930s broadcast 1920s & 1930s broadcast

experimentsexperiments• 1941 National Television 1941 National Television

Systems CommitteeSystems Committee• FCCFCC• the Big Threethe Big Three

The Golden Age

• 40s and 50s40s and 50s• Kraft Television theaterKraft Television theater• Golden Age StyleGolden Age Style• NBC’s Meet the PressNBC’s Meet the Press

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the Golden Age

• RatingsRatings• Cost Per ThousandCost Per Thousand• I Love LucyI Love Lucy

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Quiz showsQuiz shows

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Changes in Television

• Washington D.CWashington D.C• Broadcast timesBroadcast times• Cable televisionCable television• NarrowcastingNarrowcasting• MSO’sMSO’s• Decline of Big ThreeDecline of Big Three

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Information Age

•Telecommunications Act of Telecommunications Act of 19661966

•Costs for scriptsCosts for scripts

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Digital Television

•HDTVHDTV•SDTVSDTV•DVRsDVRs

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The Big Five• Time Warner, Disney, National Amusements, Time Warner, Disney, National Amusements,

News Corp and NBC UniversalNews Corp and NBC Universal

Media Literacy

• Children & televisionChildren & television• Secret behind YouTube “stars”Secret behind YouTube “stars”• Horizontal and vertical Horizontal and vertical

integrationintegration• Censorship on TVCensorship on TV

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