Origin of the television

Origin of the Television ,landscape , landmarks and future direction 

We live in a society that is changing day by day, evolving day by day . It is a common fact that the technology of  that society is developing day by day. Now the whole world has become a universal village as a result of technology .All information and facilities are now limited to the fingertips .In  this journey of technology ,television is one of the turning point in the media .The television is one of the most popular device of the 20th century .It has become a one of the most common way people view the large world beyond them,as well as begin  on of the best ways for people to escape from the world.

Two  important people whose name are associated  with the invention of television are Vladimir Zworykin and Philo Farnsworth .In the 1880s a German inventor created simplistic moving images using a filtered light viewed through a spinning disk, laying the foundations for the modern television .During the 1920s a number of scientist began experimenting with sending still image using radio waves.However ,it was in 1928 that general electric first combined the idea of a device that could show moving images with the technology to wirelessly broadcast them.

During the 30s and  40s the technology was gradually improved upon. In America the first regular broadcast began in 1939 thought it was not until after the second world war that the television as a standard home appliances began to really take off. After 1945 television sales in America skyrocketed .The first colour broadcast was made in 1954. Throughout the rest of the world ,television came year later ,and it wasn't until the late 1960s that a television was commonplace in house throughout the west .By the 1970s, Television had become the dominant media force it is today with 24 hour programming mass advertising and syndicated show.

In the 1980s satellite television shrunk the world, making live feeds from other  countries and time zones possible .The new millennium brought the advent of digital  television ,which is the future of television .We talked about origin of the television  Now let see at the history of the   television in sri lanka and how it spread .

Businessman Anil wijewardena and Shan wikremasinghe established the country 's first TV station independent television network which started broadcasting on 15th April 1979.The new station remained independent for less than two months as the government took control of it on 5 june 1979 following a dispute  with president J.R.Jayawardene. Sri lanka's second state-owned TV started broadcasting on 15th February 1982.

The government maintained a momonopoly on television broadcasting until 1992 when private TV station were allowed to broadcast but they were to be regulated by the  SLRC .Maharaja  television a joint venture between capital maharaja and singapore telecommunications limited was  one of the first private TV stations. Since then many new Tv stations have  started in sri lanka.There are also number of satellite networks and pay per view television  networks in sri lanka .The national  telecommunications provider sri lanka telecom also launched and IPTV service in 2008.There are a large number  of  television station  in sri lanka today. This is an excerpt from the internet .

The above is the current television station in sri lanka.All  information on ownership ,owner ,language , established, terrestrial etc.can be obtained . A set of standrds was used to control  how information was transmitted to television and all  of this .It was NTSC . This was the first set of standards used.Later PAL and SECAM were introduced .However ,the type of  TV System  used in sri lanka PAL or PAL B.

So, Now let see Future of television .television will be unimaginably advanced in the future .television has already become a smart television .In the future ,we can expect an industrial growth with unprecedented digital world and innovation .Wearable deviand and technology ,smart TVs, connected consumer travel will be more visible in 2026 due to the proliferation of cars and home appliances ,beacon and other technologies .

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W.A .S .P.Rathnasiri