In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S.

During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions.

Television became available in crude experimental forms in the 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers.

Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television ( TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. For other uses, see TV (disambiguation).įlat-screen televisions for sale at a consumer electronics store in 2008