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History |
A Brief
History of Electronic Media (2) |
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| 1914 | Silent films become widespread. | |
| 1922 | British Broadcasting Company (radio) | |
| 1927 | First full-length talking film ("The Jazz Singer") | |
| 1935 | Germany starts regular, filmed, television service. | |
| 1936 | First BBC television broadcasts | |
| 1946 | Cinema attendances reach 1,635 million tickets sold in one year world-wide. | |
| 1953 | Independent Television (ITV) begins first regular privately-owned broadcasting in UK. | |
| 1961 | First communications satellite (Telstar) successfully placed in orbit. | |
| 1964 | BBC 2 begins broadcasting. | |
| 1967 | First "pirate radio" broadcasts from ships in the North Sea (outside British territorial waters). | |
| 1970's | Colour television broadcasts introduced on BBC 2. First world-wide live satellite TV link-up (the Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"). |
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