| 1977 |
 Chronomedia index
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| January 2 |
Sheffield Cablevision community television experiment in UK ends. |
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| January 30 |
The final (eighth) part of drama series Roots achieves the highest US television
rating to date (51.1, an audience of 80m) for the ABC network. |
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| March 20 |
JVC places two-page advertisement in Asahi
Shimbun newspaper to launch VHS video format in Japan. |
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| April 1 |
Western Australia's first FM station and second 'community' station, 6UWA FM
(later 6UVS FM) begins broadcasting from the University of Western Australia (UWA). |
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| April 29 |
Interim Action Committee on the Film Industry is appointed in the UK (chairman:
Sir Harold Wilson) to advise 'on the achievement of a viable and prosperous British film industry
over the next decade, and, in so doing, to make a closer study of the appropriate constitution and
operating role of a British Film Authority'. |
à 1978
 Wilson's view of his role: Wilson 3 |
| June 4 |
 VHS
videocassette format is introduced to America under the name Vidstar
at a press show the day before the Consumer Electronics Show starts in Chicago. |
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| June 26 |
Elvis Presley makes his
last concert appearance at Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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| June |
Sony and NHK develop PAU-1602 digital audio processor for
use with the U-matic videocassette recorder. |
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| July 29 |
UK television licence fee is increased from £8 to
£9 for monochrome, £18 to £21 for colour. |
à 1979 |
| August 16 |
Elvis Presley dies at his home, Graceland, Memphis,
ennessee. |
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| August |
Television service starts in Guinea. |
Television service starts |
| September 20 |
Ekran-2 satellite launched. |
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| September |
Sony launches PCM-1 digital audio processor on
consumer market for use with Betamax videocassette recorders. |
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| September |
Digital audio disc system using PCM direct recording method developed by Sony. Player
uses laser read-out to give one hour’s recording and playback per 900 rpm disc side. |
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| October |
Six Japanese manufacturers have by now adopted the
VHS videocassette recording format. |
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| October |
Japanese manufacturers develop optical digital audio disc. |
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| November 8 |
Philips/MCA optical audio disc, playing 30 minutes a side, is demonstrated in London. |
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| November |
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Nottingham record shop manager is charged under the 1889 Indecent Advertisement Act
for displaying a copy of the Sex Pistols' LP Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols in
the shop window. In London, managers of two Virgin record shops are charged with a similar offence under
the 1824 Vagrancy Act. Radio and television commercials for the record are banned and in music trade paper
Melody Maker, the offending word ('bollocks', in case that isn't obvious) is blanked out in an advert. |
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| December |
Second colour television channel, RTG-2, starts in Gabon. |
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| December |
JVC signs contract for OEM supplies of VHS recorders to Saba in West Germany. |
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Television service starts in the Bahamas. |
Television service starts |
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Australian Broadcasting Tribunal replaces Broadcasting Control Board. |
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First true holographic movie shown by team at NIFKI (Cinema and Photographic Research
Institute of the Soviet Union) led by Victor J Komar. Using multiple frame pulsed holographic film, it
has to be seen through special viewing ports because of the narrow viewing angle. |
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The Family Channel starts on US cable television networks. |
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In Canada, Cable Parliamentary Channel (CPAC) presents the world’s first live broadcast
from a parliament, beginning with the speech from the throne by Queen Elizabeth II. |
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Public sees first shows of holography in London (Light Fantastic at the Royal
Academy of Arts), France (Sculptures de Lumière in Strasbourg) and New York (Picture at the
Museum of Modern Art). |
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 Atari
launches its Video Computer System (VCS) in the US. |
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Daily Express newspaper is re-launched in the UK in tabloid format. |
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Circulation of The Sun newspaper overtakes that of
the Daily Mirror to become the UK's highest circulation daily newspaper. |
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