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A television set or television receiver (more commonly called ... made electronic televisions with CRTs were ... in North America, TV content in hospitality can ...
1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
A television set, also called a television receiver, television, TV set, TV, or telly, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television. Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form, television sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form, using cathode ray tubes ...
The United States Television Manufacturing Corporation, also known informally as U.S. Television Manufacturing, and in some advertisements as UST, was an American television manufacturing and distribution company known for its early large-screen television sets, intended for use in bars and other public spaces. The company existed from 1945 to ...
In the United States, television is available via broadcast (also known as "over-the-air" or OTA) – the earliest method of receiving television programming, which merely requires an antenna and an equipped internal or external tuner capable of picking up channels that transmit on the two principal broadcast bands, very high frequency (VHF) and ultra high frequency (UHF), to receive the ...
In the late 1940s, Zenith entered the television market. These sets were all-round tube sets. The main feature was that the entire round screen was exposed. They were available in 12-inch, 16-inch and 19-inch sizes. Later round-tube models had a switch that would show the picture in the 4:3 ratio, or have the entire round screen exposed.
Released the Macintosh TV in 1993 Arcam: 2011 present Arise India: 2012 present AGA AB: 1952 - Audiovox - - Now Voxx International: AWA: 1956 1974 Baird: 1926 1980 made the first TVs, brand name after 1956 Bang & Olufsen: 1950 (prototype) present Beko - - BenQ - - Binatone - - Blaupunkt - Present BPL Group: 1980 present Brionvega: 1947 1956 ...
Admiral is an American appliance brand that is currently ... plant manager and its 2,000 employees made television sets. Various divisions were sold to other ...