the idea of transmitting images over wires using electricity had been explored since the early 1800s however it wasnt until the 1920s that inventors started making significant progress towards creating the machine that could transmit moving picturesone of the first inventors to make headway in this area was a scottish man named john logie baird he developed a machine that used a spinning disc to scan images and transmit them over short distances in 1926 he successfully transmitted a moving image of a human face to a receivermeanwhile in the united states philo farnsworth was working on a different method of transmitting images farnsworths system used electronic scanning to capture and display moving images in 1927 he successfully transmitted a moving image of a line to a receiverthe first public television broadcast took place in 1936 in london england the broadcast featured a speech by the british king and was transmitted by the british broadcasting corporation bbc television broadcasts began in the united states in 1939 with the first television station being wnbc in new york cityin the 1950s television became a popular form of entertainment and news and families started buying televisions for their homes the 1960s saw the introduction of color television which made television even more popularcable television was introduced in the 1980s which offered more channels and programming options this allowed viewers to choose from a wider variety of programming including specialty channels that catered to specific interestsin the 2000s the internet and streaming services like netflix and hulu changed the way people watch television instead of being limited to watching shows and movies at specific times on specific channels viewers could now watch their favorite content anytime anywheretelevision has come a long way since its origins in the 1800s thanks to the work of inventors like baird and farnsworth we now have a wide range of programming options available to us including cable television and streaming services television remains a popular form of entertainment and continues to evolve as technology advancesintroduction of television in indiatelevision is something that has been around for a long time in india it is a box that sits in your living room and shows you pictures and sound you can watch all sorts of things on tv like movies tv shows news and sportstv was first introduced in india in 1959 when the staterun broadcaster doordarshan began broadcasting at first there were only a few hours of programming each day and the picture quality was not very good but people were still excited to have this new technology in their homesover time more tv channels were introduced and the programming became more diverse people could watch dramas comedies reality shows and documentaries news channels became popular and people could watch live events like sports matches and concerts from the comfort of their homesthe 1990s saw a big change in indian television as satellite tv was introduced this meant that people could watch tv channels from all over the world not