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  2. Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    Beehler Umbrella Factory est. 1828 was the first umbrella manufacturing company in the United States. Francis Beehler was a woodcarver in his home country of Germany. After he immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland, he noticed a lack of umbrellas. Americans generally scorned the devices for their "ridiculous effeminacy".

  3. History of television - Wikipedia

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    Family watching TV, 1958. The concept of television is the work of many individuals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first practical transmissions of moving images over a radio system used mechanical rotating perforated disks to scan a scene into a time-varying signal that could be reconstructed at a receiver back into an approximation of the original image.

  4. Timeline of the introduction of television in countries

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    Albania (experimental and regular programming, RTSH), Australia ( Tasmania ), Brazil ( Distrito Federal (TV Brasília), Paraná (TV Paranaense), Bauru , Bahia , Pernambuco (TV Jornal do Commercio), Ceará (TV Ceará, now defunct [ab])), Costa Rica , Greece (experimental, PPC), Netherlands Antilles , New Zealand , Norway (full service, NRK ...

  5. List of years in television - Wikipedia

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    1935: First regular scheduled TV broadcasts in Germany by the TV Station Paul Nipkow. The final transmissions of John Logie Baird's 30-line television system are broadcast by the BBC. First TV broadcasts in France on February 13 on Paris PTT Vision. 1936: The 1936 Summer Olympics becomes the first Olympic Games to be broadcast on television.

  6. History of television in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The production of the TV receiver E1, that had just started was cancelled because of the war. Nevertheless, the Berlin station, along with one in occupied Paris (Fernsehsender Paris), remained on the air for most of World War II. A special magazine called Fernsehen und Tonfilm (i.e. Television and Sound film) was published.

  7. Umbrella Launches Brollie, AVOD Streamer of Australian Film ...

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    It will lean on Umbrella’s library of classic content and claims to be the first free streaming platform specializing in Australian film and TV content. Brollie will launch on Nov. 23 with over ...

  8. Alexis Ohanian Accepts He’s ‘Umbrella Holder’ to Wife Serena ...

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    “Those are the levels you aspire to. To have an actual umbrella holder behind you.” In the clip, Ohanian walked behind Williams, 42, carrying a large umbrella to shield her from the rainy weather.

  9. List of television manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Released the Macintosh TV in 1993 Arcam: 2011 present Arise India: 2012 present AGA AB: 1952 - Audiovox - - Now Voxx International: AWA: 1956 1974 Baird: 1926 1980 made the first TVs, brand name after 1956 Bang & Olufsen: 1950 (prototype) present Beko - - BenQ - - Binatone - - Blaupunkt - Present BPL Group: 1980 present Brionvega: 1947 1956 ...