Interesting facts about television: history, events, statistics
Television for its entire history of its existence has accumulated a large number of interesting facts: the origin of the names "blue screen" and "soap opera", records of the cost of advertising and other amusing events - we will tell about the brightest of them in this article.
"Blue Screen" - the echo of the past
Often the presenter pronounces such a phrase as "blue screen", for example: "phone numbers you can see on their blue screens.""Blue screen" is what the TV screen is called, but few know why.
Older models of electron-beam televisions have gone down in history, and therefore few people remember that when it turned on the screen appeared blue. This was due to the fact that the signal from the TV tower did not come immediately, and in the absence of a signal on the screen there was such a wonderful blue noise. This is what the people called the "blue screen".
It is also interesting that the blue screen was not only on color TVs, but also black and white, and on the latter it was more expressive.
Why "soap operas"?
Series are often called "soap operas", but very few people know where this name came from. In the 30s of the last century, before the advent of television, audio broadcasts, so-called serials, were broadcasted on the radio.
In view of the fact that the series were broadcast on weekdays during the day, the main audience of these programs were women. Sponsors of the broadcast of such serials on the radio were producers of household chemicals Procter &Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and others, hence the name "soap".The popularity of radio broadcasts of this genre was stunning, so the press came up with a term such as "soap opera".
Advertising for $ 9
The first advertisement was shown July 1, 1941 in the US, and imagine the video cost the customer only $ 9.And this amount included also the production of the video itself by the TV channel. The commercial lasted 10 seconds and advertised the watch company "Bulova Watch Company".These unique frames you can see below.
In our country, the first advertisement was shown in 1964.It was aired according to the decision of the authorities and had a social orientation: it was a short musical film about corn.
Apple has popular not only gadgets
The most expensive commercial is advertising Macintosh in 1984.The price of the video was 900 thousand dollars.
Directed by Ridley Scott( he shot a picture of "Gladiator") commissioned by Apple created an ad that was called "1984" and lasted 90 seconds. Advertising on the content resembled an exciting episode from the film. By the way, this video is considered the most popular in the history of the advertising business on TV.You can evaluate it yourself. ..
Snooker's second snooker
With the advent of color TVs, the BBC channel chose snooker just to demonstrate the beauty of color broadcasting.
In the middle of the XX century this kind of billiards as snooker began to lose its popularity. The second life of this game was given by television, making the game very popular. The channel broadcasted all the snooker championships, because the green billiard table and colorful balls perfectly conveyed all the charm of broadcasting in color format.
TV viewing tax
The British pay a viewing fee for the BBC channel.
Since 2010, the UK has introduced a tax on the operation of the BBC channel. The peculiarity of the channel is that it became public and without advertising. The amount of this tax is about 146 pounds per year. Moreover, sellers televisions are required to make all TV channel buyers and their addresses in the BBC database to track the TV company for those who do not pay this tax.
The first court because of the television
Two people sued because of the display of the cockroach on TV.
This funny event happened at the beginning of the television era. One company in its commercial showed the cockroach close-up, as a result of which two US residents frightened off the screens of their TV receivers to "kill" the insect. After this, these individuals sued the owners of the video, so that they reimbursed them the cost of damages.
New Year's greetings without the president
Such an amusing incident happened on New Year's Eve in 1992.At that time the USSR ceased to exist, so Mikhail Gorbachev actually had no right to congratulate, and Russian President Yeltsin could not do it. Therefore, the inhabitants of the CIS countries congratulated the New Year 1992 humorist Mikhail Zadornov, who was the host of the New Year's program "Blue Light."
Along with this happened another rather funny fact: the humorist was so taken with his performance that he delayed the battle of the chimes for one minute.
CNN - 7/24
The first news channel, which began round the clock broadcasting - was the CNN( Cable News Network).
The start of broadcasting of one of the most famous channels in the world was given on June 1, 1980.The channel was broadcast only in cable networks and from the first day of broadcasting was round the clock. CNN became the pioneer in the broadcast of news events not in prime time, but in live and in real time.
The Japanese are real telemans.
Japanese people like to watch TV most of all. On average, every Japanese watches TV about 9 hours a day.
The first name of the series "Friends"
One of the most beloved and popular TV series in the world "Friends" was originally to be called "Sleepless Cafe".But at the initial stage, the creators changed their minds and decided to change the name to a simpler and more interesting - "Friends."
Longer "Santa Barbara"
Everyone thinks that the longest series is "Santa Barbara", but this is far from true. The longest series is "Guiding light".If "Santa Barbara" had 2,137 series, then "Guiding Light" - as many as 15,762 series. This series went on screens from 1952 to 2009, it was watched by several generations of the family.
Shooting cops
One of the favorite genres in America - police serials. According to statistics, an ordinary American cop uses his weapon every 25 years, and doing 1-2 shots with it. According to the researchers, in the series, police officers use weapons every 2-3 days, and at the same time producing at least 10 shots.