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making critical improvements to his system. Zworykin’s
“storage principle” is the basis of modern TV.
Meanwhile, in Japan, Kenjiro Takayanagi was developing
electronic television, too. He was ahead of Zworykin, but better
publicity gave Zworykin the nickname “father of television.”
Takayanagi transmitted an image electronically in 1926, with a
40-line resolution and film running at 14 frames per second.
In 1932 the BBC ventured the first regularly broadcast
programs using Baird’s mechanical equipment, though it had
been broadcasting special events and other sporadic
transmissions since 1927. The first special-purpose television
station was built in Germany in 1935 in preparation for the
Berlin Olympic Games the following year. That Olympic year,
NBC experimented with electronic broadcast from the top of the
Empire State Building. The first live journalistic event covered
by television was the 1937 coronation of Britain’s King George
VI. That year, the BBC began the first regular, high-quality
broadcasting service using an electronic system.
IV. Comprehension check
1. Match the words and their meaning by placing the proper
letters on each blank.
_1. apply for a) to cause to grow to unfold
_2. run experiments b) happening, usually smth important;
fact
_3. broadcast c) change from one form to another
_4. improve d) send out in all directions
_5. develop e) make or become better
_6. frame f) organize, manage, cause to be
in operation
2. Write S, A, or N to tell whether these words are synonyms
or antonyms or neither. The first is done for you.
N – transmit -contain
- begin -finish
-apply -use
-convert -transform
-receive -send
-join -put together
-develop -improve
-purpose -direction
-demonstrate -show
-build -destroy
-give -take
-ahead -behind
-special -sporadic
-top -bottom
3. Read the text again to decide if the statements are true or
false. Correct the false ones with the facts from the text.
1. John Logie Baird applied for a patent for a mechanical
television in 1923.
2. BBC began mechanical television broadcasting in 1933.
3. Vladimir Zworykin invented a television camera that
converted optical images into electrical pulses.
4. Zworykin became the director of the Electronic Research
Laboratory of the Radio Corporation of America.
5. The basis of modern TV is Zworykin's "storage principle".
6. K. Takayanagi was developing electronic television too.
7. He transmitted an image electronically in 1929 with a
film running 24 frames per second.
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