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Television is one of the major mass media outlets in the United States.In 2011, 96.7% of households owned television sets; [1] about 114,200,000 American households owned at least one television set each in August 2013. [2]
The addition of color to broadcast television after 1953 further increased the popularity of television sets in the 1960s, and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes. The ubiquitous television set became the display device for the first recorded media in the 1970s, such as VHS and later DVD, as well as for early home ...
It also became popular in other areas in which mountainous terrain caused poor reception over the air. Original programming over cable came in 1972 with deregulation of the industry. [1] During the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s freeze on television licenses from 1948 to 1952, [13] the demand for television increased.
This list should not be interpreted to mean the whole of a country had television service by the specified date. For example, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the former Soviet Union all had operational television stations and a limited number of viewers by 1939. Very few cities in each country had television service.
The addition of color to broadcast television after 1953 further increased the popularity of television sets, and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes. The ubiquitous television set became the display device for recorded media in the 1970s, such as Betamax and VHS , which enabled viewers to record TV shows and watch ...
The comedy-variety show — originally broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 — became the biggest show on TV when “Mr. Television,” Milton Berle, became the permanent host in its second ...
High-definition television (HDTV) in the United States was introduced in 1998 and has since become increasingly popular and dominant in the television market. Hundreds of HD channels are available in millions of homes and businesses both terrestrially and via subscription services such as satellite, cable and IPTV. HDTV has quickly become the ...
BBC television broadcasts ceased in 1939, as did the production of television receivers, resuming in 1946 after World War II. [49] The golden age of British television enjoyed its peak around the same time as in the United States, ranging from approximately 1949 to 1955 – although the term has been used to describe the period until the mid-1970s.