ABSTRACT
The rise of interest in television evident in the previous chapter grew perceptibly during the early months of 1928 and reached a crest before the end of the year. This expansion of the art on all fronts—repetitious of the radio boom of the early twenties—was linked with an increasingly optimistic commercial outlook and the rise of speculative business activities as well as the worldwide spread of telecommunications. Surface signs included a considerable growth in periodical literature and news reports, occasioned by a series of public demonstrations; transmission of images across the Atlantic and to a ship at sea, daylight pickup, pictures in full color, stereoscopic images, film transmissions, staged events, and exhibition displays. More than thirty companies were engaged in television ventures, a dozen radio stations began experimental transmission in the United States, and amateur construction of receivers became a new hobby. Judged by any standards, 1928 was indeed a very good year for television.
