Download - A History of Entertainment
A History of Entertainment
By. Matthew Mendisana
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2016
1920’s
• London, Frith District• John Baird- (1888-1946)• 1926
• Royal Institute of London• The Televisor
1930’s
• Photography:• Colors
Black & White Sepia
• 1935• KODAK Film
• Rights to Colored Film (1935-1954)o 1954 Department of Justice (Suddath, 2009)
• Kodachrome Sent to Lab Photos Dyed into Colored $3.50 Modern Amount: $54
• 1946• Jukeboxes (Nickelodeons)• Paul Fuller (1897-1951)
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company • Wurlitzer 1015 (Wurlitzer
Jukebox) Eye-Catching Redesign
Bubbles Lights
1940’s
• Film and Television grew in Popularity• Ampex
Charles Ginsburg (1920-1992)o Former CBS Technician
New form of Recording• 1951• Video Tape Recording (VTR)
Magnetic Tape Imprinting Audio and Video
• Sold in 1956
1950’s
• Decade of Music• 1962• Philips
• Listen to Music: Small Convenient
• Cassette Tape 30 Mins (Each Side)
1960’s
• Ralph Baer (1922-2014) Electronic Engineer The Brown Box “Father of Video Games” (Martin, 2014)
• Magnavox• Toy Company
• 1972• Odyssey
Digital Board Game Sold 130,000 Units Worlds First Video Game System
1970’s
• IBM• 1981
• “Big Blue”• Highest Grossing Computer Company
in America
• Apple• Steve Jobs (1955-2011)• 1984
• Ad based George Orwell Novel• Macintosh
Made for Average Consumer Profited in 1987
1980’s
• Tim Berners (1955-Present)• Software Engineer• CERN
• 1990• Internet Building Blocks:
1. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language): Format for a Website.
2. URL (Uniform Resource Identifier): Website Access.
3. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol): Link Address.
1990’s
URL HTTPHTMLWorld Wide Web
• MP3• Music Online
• ”Digital Music”• Illegal Downloads Online
• Apple• 2001
1. iTunes Digital Library
2. iPod Earbuds 5 Gigabytes of Memory
Over 1,000 Songs
2000
• Apple• Mobile Device Company (Ritchie, 2014)• Tablet Computer
• 2010• iPad
1. Create Photos/Films2. Sleek Eye-catching Design3. Play Various Mediums
Movies Shows Music Games
4. Use Internet• One Week: 300,000 Sold
2010
World Wide Web
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