In celebration of the 92nd Tele-versary PHILO PRESENTS and the man who inspired us to build A Brief History the best watching experience available, of Television here are some of our favorite moments in TV history. 1954 1939 Tournament of 1963 NBC introduces Roses Parade Television surpasses television at becomes the first TV newspapers as an the World's Fair broadcast in color. information source. in NYC. 1969 600+ million people watched the moon landing. 1960 First televised presidential debate occurs 1927 between Nixon Philo T. Farnsworth, at 1968 and JFK. just 21, conducts the Star Trek’s Lt. first TV transmission. Uhura and Captain 1953 Kirk make history Nearly 72% of US households with TV’s first tune in to “I Love Lucy” for interracial kiss. the first TV birth. 1989 1972 2002 1999 Cops premieres on HBO becomes the VHS ocially wins TiVo launches, FOX and redefines first U.S. premium Betamax war... The introducing the reality television. cable and satellite same year, DVD’s DVR era. television network. outsell VHS. 1985 1980 1.9 billion people Ted Turner launches 1981 across 150 CNN; Robert L. Johnson MTV launches 1999 1995 countries tune in launches BET, changing th with the The 116 episode of to view a charity TV’s landscape. SpongeBob Squarepants broadcast of premieres on Nickelodeon and Seinfeld “The Soup Nazi” concert, Live Aid. introduces the quotable “Video Killed becomes the highest-rated the Radio Star.” children’s TV series. line, “NO SOUP FOR YOU!” 2013 Netflix releases its first 2017 original streaming series. Philo launches first-ever, 2004 2008 The same year an original entertainment-focused streaming 52.5 million Hulu, the first streaming series is first TV service featuring live TV, DVR, viewers tune in streaming TV service recognized by the Emmy’s. and on-demand services. to watch the launches in the US. Friends finale. 2009 2015 2019 Analog TV broadcasts 2011 The Collins English Nearly 21.9 million cease in the US and Oprah Winfrey debuts Dictionary chooses the U.S. households TV goes digital. her OWN network in word "binge-watch" as are expected to approx. 80 million homes. the word of the year. have cut the cord. Content Technology milestone milestone.