WORLD TELEVISION DAY

21st November, World Television Day is not so much a celebration of ‘television’ per se. It is about the technology. It is about the philosophy which it represents. A symbol for communication and globalisation in the contemporary world, television is wonderful combination of traditional and contemporary broadcasting formats to reach out to a large number of people.         

The first United Nations World Television Forum was held on November 21 and 22, 1996, to focus on the role of television in decision making. The forum was held to specifically discuss the power and potential of television in persuading decision makers and for promoting international understanding and mutual corporations.

• In 1907, television was first recognised as a word in English and, in 1948, the acronym TV was coined.
• In 1924, a Scottish engineer John Logie Baird invented television.
• Baird is famous for being the first person to show a working television.
• The world's first electronic television was invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth in 1927.
• William Taynton was the very first real face to be televised nationally. He was an associate to the inventor John Logie Baird.
• On July 1, 1941, the first television advertisement was streamed live in New York.

This advertisement continued for about 20 seconds. During the period, TV commercials were charging $9.