1934 in television
The year 1934 in television involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events during 1934.
Events
- March 31 - The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company ends.
- May 16 - The Seldon Committee is established to investigate the feasibility of a public television service in the UK.
- July 11 - 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 is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the act.
- August 25 - On August 25, the inventor Philo Farnsworth gave the world's first public demonstration of an all-electronic television system, using a live camera, at the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia. His demonstrations continued for ten days afterwards. Farnsworth's system included his version of an image dissector.
- November 5 - First television broadcasts in the USSR.
- Late 1934 - Vladimir K. Zworykin increases the number of scanning lines in electronic television from 240 lines at 24 frames per second to 343 lines at 30 frames.
Births
- January 8 - Roy Kinnear, English comedy actor
- January 21 - Ann Wedgeworth, actress
- January 22 - Bill Bixby, television actor
- January 26 - Bob Uecker, sports commentator and actor died
- February 6 - Hugh Cornish, Australian television media executive and personality
- February 11 - Tina Louise, actress and singer
- February 12 - Bill Russell, NBA basketball player
- February 13 - George Segal, actor
- February 14 - Florence Henderson, actress
- February 21 - Rue McClanahan, actress
- February 27 - Van Williams, actor
- March 1 - Joan Hackett, actress
- March 5 - James B. Sikking, actor
- March 9 - Joyce Van Patten, actress
- March 26 - Alan Arkin, actor
- March 31
- *Richard Chamberlain, actor
- *Shirley Jones, singer and actress
- April 1 - Don Hastings, actor
- April 5 - Frank Glieber, sportscaster
- April 18 - James Drury, actor
- April 24 - Shirley MacLaine, actress and author
- May 10 - Gary Owens, American actor and radio broadcaster
- May 18 - Dwayne Hickman, actor
- May 19 - Jim Lehrer, presidential debate moderator and host of the PBS NewsHour
- June 4 - Bill Moyers, journalist and television news host
- July 1 - Jamie Farr, American actor
- July 10 - Jerry Nelson, American actor and puppeteer
- July 22 - Louise Fletcher, actress
- July 31 - Stan Daniels, producer
- August 5 - Gay Byrne, broadcaster, host of The Late Late Show
- August 7
- *Steve Ihnat, actor
- *Richard Levinson, producer
- August 9 - Cynthia Harris, actress
- September 2 - Chuck McCann, actor and television host
- September 19 - Jay Randolph, sportscaster
- September 20 - Sophia Loren, actress
- September 27 - Wilford Brimley, American actor and commercial spokesperson
- October 17 - Kathleen Watkins, broadcaster
- October 18 - Chuck Swindoll, pastor
- November 13 - Garry Marshall, actor and director
- December 7 - Audrey Maas, television writer and producer
- December 9 - Judi Dench, English actress
- December 28 - Maggie Smith, English actress