Individual Assignment : Section 2

                   The television industry as we know it today was born in the years immediately after World War II. The color television system was first introduced by Peter Goldmark in 1946. The idea of producing colored pictures, by having a red-blue-green wheel spinning in front of a cathode ray tube was new and exciting. Its applications included the use of hospitals such as Atlantic City hospital using it to document operations that made viewers faint. But it was not until the 1960’s that color TV was available for everyone in their homes. Back in 1948 there were even early tests of cable television. The early cable systems primarily provided improved reception of broadcast programming from nearby large cities. Also in 1957 the remote control was introduced by Robert Adler who called it a “space commander”. In the 1960’s the use of space satellites began a significant change in broadcasting real live events. People no longer had to wait for several days to watch an event that was happening in a faraway place to be relayed. The first real live event that people are remembering clearly seeing on television was the heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975 that took place in Manila. This transmission, which clearly demonstrated the ability to see real-time images from around the world, has changed the television industry eternally. Other promotions like advertising have grown alongside this event. (Federal Communications Commission, 2005)