Vladimir Kosma Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes. He played a role in the practical development of television from the early thirties, including charge storage-type tubes, infrared image tubes and the electron microscope.
Vladimir Zworykin, c. 1956
Zworykin demonstrates electronic television (1929).
Drawing from Zworykin's 1923 patent application Television System.
Zworykin and some of the historic camera tubes he developed
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set, rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting", which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers.
Flat-screen television receivers on display for sale at a consumer electronics store in 2008
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Vladimir Zworykin demonstrates electronic television (1929).
Manfred von Ardenne in 1933