FILM 2401 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Oligopoly, Consumerism, Cuban Missile Crisis
28 Nov 2012
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Chapter 8- the rise of broadcast television (1946-1959) Television took longer than film to develop due to technological hurdles that had to be overcome. Television was closely connected to the radio industry from which it sprang. Broadcast television was not successfully demonstrated until the 1930"s. Wwii put a hold on any immediate development of the medium. Many engineers working for the major equipment manufacturers were expected to use their expertise in the war effort. Post wwii era of the late 1940"s and early 1950"s was period in which consumerism really took off. The rise of television and the rise of consumerism were intertwined. Debate about whether television, entertainment or an educational tool. Institutions with considerable financial resources carried out the setting up of a national system for broadcast (it was prohibitively expensive proposition). like radio, would become a medium for. 2 major industry groupings, rca-nbc & cbs, had developed television systems that operated in a different range of frequencies.
