Color TV Development and Intro

COLOR TELEVISION DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCTION On July 11, 1949 the Federal Communications Commission called for hearings to determine the feasibility of introducing color service. Hearings began on September 26, 1949 and lasted until May 26, 1950 with 10,000 pages of testimony and 265 exhibits submitted for the record. Three competing methods of color were proposed: the Field Sequential method by CBS; the Dot Sequential approach of RCA; and the Line Sequential proposed by Color Television Incorporated. The CBS field sequential color system failed …

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