"Television: the revolution," ([1944])

Record Details:

Title:
"Television: the revolution,"
Date:
[1944]
Publisher:
New York, Essential Books
Volume:
"Television: the revolution,"
Leaf #:
00073
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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54 TELEVISION: THE REVOLUTION taneous coverage will be far more than any ad- vertiser can logically pay. Still, this is what the public demands. The only solution seems to be —charge the public for it directly. We've pointed out the difficulties of charging the consumer direct via wired tele service into the home. However, a network service by cable or booster stations could be very profitable for theatre operation. Two types of television theatre service will probably result. One, a periodic news service to replace present-day news-reels with actually ia- stantaneous news coverage. This form of tele- vision network operation might eventually be- come a part of every theatre program in the country. The existing news-reel and picture- gathering organizations would convert their techniques of news-coverage to include actual on-the-spot viewing of news and special events within the range of the network connections. This would be augmented with speedy photo- graphic coverage of foreign news-fronts. Mobile handling of telephoto stills and trans-oceanic news-reels by air express will provide fuel for the theatre-iconoscopes. In a later chapter, we shall discuss production techniques and methods