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history of television in the U.S.

  • Milton Berle
    In Television in the United States: The growth of cable TV

    …an opportunity to add remote-control devices to old TV sets. With so many new choices, and the ability to move from channel to channel without leaving one’s chair, viewers began to watch TV in a more participatory fashion. Furthermore, videocassette recorder (VCR) ownership grew from 1 to 68 percent…

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  • Milton Berle
    In Television in the United States: The new technologies

    …of stations and abetted by remote-control capability, ushered in the practice of “channel surfing.” Viewer choice and control increased dramatically with these technologies and would increase even more profoundly in the new century.

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