Television was first successfully demonstrated in 1925; and in 1941 the Federal Communications Commission authorized commercial telecasting in the United States. During the intervening sixteen years the technology of television had been revolutionized, and there had been created an integrated television system. These developments were accomplished amid intense engineering and corporate rivalries of international scope. The result of this competition was the formation of the American television industry composed of three ...
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Television was first successfully demonstrated in 1925; and in 1941 the Federal Communications Commission authorized commercial telecasting in the United States. During the intervening sixteen years the technology of television had been revolutionized, and there had been created an integrated television system. These developments were accomplished amid intense engineering and corporate rivalries of international scope. The result of this competition was the formation of the American television industry composed of three distinct systems: the engineering, the programming, and the promotional. The industry had already reached maturity by the eve of the Second World War, and only the world-wide wartime disruptions prevented its immediate marketing.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 6 1/2" x 9 1/2"; GOOD / DUST JACKET GOOD. Former Library Book. xi, 197 pages. Small marks (lines or stars in margins) on approx. 6-10 pps; otherwise clean and unmarked except for typical library treatments. Includes ~25 illustrations: b/w photos, drawings, and schematics. Dark grey end papers are slightly faded around the edges. Boards covered with light grey fabric; clean and unmarked. Corners, top and tail of spine slightly bumped (shelfwear). White paper dust jacket: plain white with black titling on front, b/w photo on back. DJ has been encased in library mylar cover for many years, saving it from tears. Some bumping, shelfwear smudging (which may affect only the mylar cover, not the DJ).
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