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→History of Television as a Medium
Jenkins' system was not commercially successful and was abandoned. This probably occurred because the [[Great Depression]] intervened and made the medium a prohibitively expensive extravagance.
Jenkins' system was not commercially successful and was abandoned. This probably occurred because the [[Great Depression]] intervened and made the medium a prohibitively expensive extravagance.
[[Image:Early television.jpg|thumb|left|In 1936 the first scheduled television broadcasts begins in the United Kingdom with the Unites States following suit in 1939.]]
Other pioneers in the development of television include Philo Farnsworth and Vladimyr Zworykin. Zworkyin developed a series of electronic television camera tubes, all referred to as "iconoscopes." He worked for and was heavily backed by David Sarnoff and the Radio Corporation of America, and his devices are thus in the direct ancestry of commercial television as we know it today.
Other pioneers in the development of television include Philo Farnsworth and Vladimyr Zworykin. Zworkyin developed a series of electronic television camera tubes, all referred to as "iconoscopes." He worked for and was heavily backed by David Sarnoff and the Radio Corporation of America, and his devices are thus in the direct ancestry of commercial television as we know it today.
Television is both a dissemination medium and a means of recording motion pictures for later review, transmittal and exhibition.
Television is both a dissemination medium and a means of recording motion pictures for later review, transmittal and exhibition.
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== Uses of Television ==
== Uses of Television ==