World Television Day is observed will full zest on November 21 annually. According to the United Nations, this day marks the interaction between emerging and traditional forms of the broadcast that creates a great opportunity to raise awareness about the important issues faced by the communities and the planet. It further also marks the commitment of the government, news organisations, and individuals to deliver unbiased information.
Celebrating television globally is a sign of acknowledgment to broadcast media. On this day, writers, directors, producers, reporters, and anchors, all come together to and promote the importance of television. UN says that the interaction between emerging and traditional forms of broadcast creates a great opportunity to raise awareness about several important issues which we, as a global community, are facing.
Interesting facts about the Idiot Box you didn’t know:
- William Taynton, the assistant of inventor John Logie Baird was the human face to be aired on Television. Another interesting fact is that he was paid two shillings and a sixpence per week to simply sit in front of the hot TV transmitter.
- The Late Late Show of Ireland which started in 1962 and The Tonight Show which started in 1954 are the longest-running TV talk shows in the world.
- The first television advertisement ever was broadcasted on July 1, 1941, in New York. The advertisement was for Bulova Watch and lasted a total of 20 seconds. It aired before a baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers. TV advertisements during that time only cost $9.
- In 1997, a monkey was arrested the African state of Benin for stealing a television aerial.
- Even though the average British watches TV just 4 hours a day, in 2004, the number of television sets in the UK overtook the number of people.
- Until 1987 there was no TV broadcaster in Iceland.
- Television was recognized as a word in English in 1907. And its abbreviation TV came into the picture in 1948.
