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Author: Irene Revallio
Mankinds first ever colour television transmission occurred in
The famous revolving globe that is used by the NBC news series spent many years spinning in the incorrect direction. In 1984 this was eventually discovered and on January 2nd this was fixed and now the globe is revolving in the proper manner.
The first toy ever advertised on tv was the "Mr potato head" creation. He was brought to the view of millions of American TV viewers and even now can be viewed in the well loved "Toy story" animated stories.
Way back in 1950 only 10 percent of U.S households had a television in their possession. By 1960 this had changed to an amazing 90 percent whilst in todays world it is ninety nine percent with 54 percent of American youths having one in their bedroom. Now more of us own televisions than we do a phone.
The highest known annual earnings for a TV star were paid to American comedy star Jerry Seinfeld.He was given an amazing $1000000 for each episode. The series lasted 8 years and although this fee came into play in about 1997 this still makes Jerry the highest paid TV star so far.
The biggest ever fee paid to run a tv add was $2,000,000 per 30 seconds of time. This ( Next Page )
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