1934 in television

Events

• First television broadcasts in the USSR
• March 31 - The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company are comes to an end.
• December - Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a non mechanical television system
• In the U.S., The Communications Act of 1934[?] stipulates that commercial television stations "operate in the public interest, convenience, and necessity." The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the act.

Births

• January 22 - Bill Bixby, television actor (+ 1993)
• February 14 - Florence Henderson, actress, The Brady Bunch

Deaths