Recent Posts tagged with television history
By Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe | Friday, February 10, 2017 - 9:02 am
His name was Julijan Ochorowicz (though his first name was also spelled Julian or even Julien), and he was, among other things, a scientist, engineer, mathematician, inventor (credited with […]
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By Michael Silbergleid | Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 6:00 pm
Why Television Research Began in 1877 (and Why No One Knows It) Recorded January 12, 2017 at the SMPTE Philadelphia Section meeting, QVC, West Chester, PA. Prior to 1877, there […]
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By Michael Silbergleid | Monday, December 5, 2016 - 8:15 am
Recorded on November 4, 2016 as a National Opera Week event at All Mobile Video Chelsea Studios, 221 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001. Did you think television was […]
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By Michael Silbergleid | Friday, November 4, 2016 - 12:34 pm
This is SMPTE’s centennial year. Did you know the society might not exist if not for Pittsburgh? The same might also be said for the whole motion-image industry! Carnegie Mellon, […]
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By Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe | Monday, August 15, 2016 - 1:10 pm
In 1890, Henry Sutton, of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, published the diagram above (minus the annotations) in The Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review. It was, conceivably, the first viable proposal for […]
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By Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe | Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 1:51 pm
With the Olympic Games opening in Brazil this week, it might be worth noting that the first to feature television cameras took place in Germany 80 years ago. But […]
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By Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe | Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 11:59 am
The day after the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of the society that became SMPTE, The New York Times reported on July 25, 2016, on the front page […]
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By Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe | Friday, July 8, 2016 - 4:48 pm
A Capitol Fourth is one of the longest-lasting shows on PBS and is said to be the highest rated. It’s an extraordinary undertaking, with stars from virtually every genre of […]
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By Michael Silbergleid | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 6:26 pm
Presented on July 10, 2015 at the “International Symposium on Medical-Engineering Collaboration: Medicine Definitely Jumps Up with 8K,” organized by and presented at Nihon University, Tokyo. Direct Link (26 MB […]
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By Michael Silbergleid | Monday, June 1, 2015 - 1:04 am
Recorded during “An Evening with Mark Schubin” at the SMPTE New England Section, Dedham Holiday Inn on May 14, 2015. Learn the extraordinary history of the technology of motion pictures […]
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