Changes Within the Television Industry

In the early days of television there were a set few channels with programs that would come on at set times every week. If you missed a program, there would be no other way of watching it.

Colour broadcasting in Europe was not standardized on the PAL format until the 1960s, and broadcasts did not start until 1967. By this point many of the technical problems in the early sets had been worked out, and the spread of color sets in Europe was fairly rapid.


However, these days we are able to have full control over what we watch and when we watch it. Not only are there hundreds of channels now which can be set to your specific needs but on every television now you can hit the On Demand button (red button) which will allow you to watch almost any program which has been aired. 


Over the past 10 years television channels have started posting programs on their own websites, for example, BBC iPlayer. This allows people to access their favourite TV programs at any time of the day or night.  Even though these online webpages have made TV far my accessible for viewers it has also decreased the amount of viewers who watch certain programs, because of how easy it is to watch programs whenever you want now people don’t feel as obliged to sit in front of their TV and watch a program when it premiers an episode that week.     

 

Physical Changes in Television

Televisions have changed an unbelievable amount since it was first invented in the late 1920’s. The first televisions had tiny screens, could only show programs in black and white and they had turn dial controls to change to the very few channels they had back then. 

Physical changes though out the ages:

1920's

In the 1920's televisions were extremely 

small with only two main dials. They also had 

very round edges. 

1930's

In the 30's, televisions stopped being rounded 

and started being more box shaped. The screen 

size has not changed.

1940's

In the 1940's televisions started being more
colourful with yellow cases, compared to the
TV's in the 20's and 30's with were made of
polished wood. Their screen size also increased.

1950's

TV's in the 50's were made with more dials
and were usually set on a four legged stand.

1960's - 1980's

The 1960's was the biggest jump in television
with the much wider screen and a lot more dials
to do different things on it. They were also
stared to be made out of mainly metal and plastic.

1990's - 2000's

In the 1990's and 2000's television screens got
even bigger and the amount of thing that
you could set and change on TV's increased.

Present

The present day televisions now have screens
that go up to 201" and come in a range of,
smart, 3D and curved TV's.