Terrestrial television
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| + | '''Terrestrial television''' is a term which refers to modes of television broadcasting which do not involve satellite transmission. [http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=82070&dict=CALD]. The term is uncommon in the United States while more common in Europe. | ||
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| + | Terrestrial television broadcasting dates back to the very beginnings of [[television]] as a medium itself with the first long-distance public television broadcast from [[Washington, D.C.]], on [[April 7]], [[1927]]. Aside from transmission by high-flying planes moving in a loop using a system developed by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] called [[Stratovision]], there was virtually no other method of [[television]] delivery until the 1950s with the beginnings of [[cable television]], or ''community antenna television'' (CATV). The first non-terrestrial method of delivering television signals that in no way depended on a signal originating from a traditional terrestrial source began with the use of [[communications satellite]]s during the 1960s and 1970s. | ||
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Terrestrial television is a term which refers to modes of television broadcasting which do not involve satellite transmission. [1]. The term is uncommon in the United States while more common in Europe.
Terrestrial television broadcasting dates back to the very beginnings of television as a medium itself with the first long-distance public television broadcast from Washington, D.C., on April 7, 1927. Aside from transmission by high-flying planes moving in a loop using a system developed by Westinghouse called Stratovision, there was virtually no other method of television delivery until the 1950s with the beginnings of cable television, or community antenna television (CATV). The first non-terrestrial method of delivering television signals that in no way depended on a signal originating from a traditional terrestrial source began with the use of communications satellites during the 1960s and 1970s.
