Almost every family in the world has a TV and it plays a very important role in everyday life. People watch many talk shows, series, and movies for hours, so we’ve picked up some great facts about television for you.
1. The word “television” appeared in 1907, but the abbreviation “TV” has been used only since 1948.
2. The first regular electronic television service began in Germany in 1935. At that time, it was only about seven hundred televisions stations across Germany.
3. The first television broadcasting in Ukraine took place on February 1, 1939, in Kyiv, and lasted only 40 minutes.
4. The oldest talk show in television history is the American show “The Tonight Show”. The program has been aired regularly since 1954.
5. The first advertisement on television appeared in the United States of America on July 1, 1941, during a broadcast of a baseball game. It was Bulova watches, the commercial lasted 20 seconds and cost only $ 9.
6. Until 1987, there were no television programs on Thursdays in Iceland.
7. “Sputnik”, the first satellite was put on orbit in 1962, and as a result, in 1969, the Moon landing was watched live on television by more than 500 million people around the world.
8. By age 65, the average American has seen about 2 million TV commercials.
9. With the popularity of the US television shows CSI, a new term, the “CSI effect”, has become known as the misconception of forensics and methods of investigation. For those who don’t know, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series.
10. In the UK, businesses, hospitals, schools and a number of other organizations must hold a television license to watch broadcasts. The licensing income is primarily used to fund BBC television and radio services. Total income from license fees was over £ 3.7 billion in 2016-17.
