1934 in television

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

First television broadcasts in the USSR
March 31 - The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company are comes to an end.
December - Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a non mechanical television system
In the U.S., The Communications Act of 1934 stipulates that commercial television stations "operate in the public interest, convenience, and necessity." The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the act.