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

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Record Details:

Title:
"Television: the revolution,"
Date:
[1944]
Publisher:
New York, Essential Books
Volume:
"Television: the revolution,"
Leaf #:
000223
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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204 TELEVISION: THE REVOLUTION ice by film, we can only ask, "Do you have any better ideas?" Some day the problem will be solved. There was a time when telephone communication from coast to coast was considered impossible. New York to Denver was the limit of understand- ability. Then Dr. Lee de Forest devised a little glass-and-metal gadget called the audion tube, which gave us wire and radio communica- tion around the world. This generation will pro- duce another Lee de Forest, to solve the prob- lem of economical sight transmission over long distances. But the solution hasn't arrived yet. When it does, it probably will take years to per- fect and put into operation. Television can't afford to wait. For the time being, film networks are a sensible compromise. * * * If anyone has it in mind to get a monopoly on the television medium, or to parcel it out to a chosen few, such a plan is certain to fail. That's monkey wrench number five. Television should and must belong to the people. It must express what they want to see and hear. The best way to achieve this is through a truly democratic or- ganization of the television network services. If