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4. Class 9, Television (Brief)

The following outline is the script I used in class. For a more complete summary of what you should know about television, review the complete outline.

1. Development Stage - 1880s – 1930s
   • mechanical television
   • electronic television
   • RCA: Magic of Television
2. Entrepreneurial Stage: 1940s – 1950s
   • TV stations
   • TV standards
   • live television to the home
   • See It Now clip
3. Mass Market Stage: 1950s – 1980s
   • network broadcasting
   • live anthology series
   • Days of Wine and Roses clip
   • quiz shows
   • Twenty-One clip
   • Golden Age of Television
4. Convergence Stage: 1980s – Now
   • broadcast is fragmented
   • home video
   • cable TV
   • multichannel TV