■ 1958, the first black-and-white TV set in China-Beijing brand 14 inch black-and-white TV set was born in Tianjin 7 12 factory.

■ 1 958 On May1day, the first TV station in China, Beijing TV Station (later CCTV), began its premiere. 1 many months later, China's first TV series "A Bite of Cake" was broadcast.

■ From 65438+65438 0960+11October, Beijing TV tried out a new fixed program schedule, and the weekly broadcast was increased from 6 times in the previous year to 8 times (1program was added on Sunday morning).

■1in April, 1960, Tianjin TV station began to broadcast TV news, and the live broadcast began in the same year. 1963 Tianjin TV station began to broadcast documentary, 1964 began to broadcast TV series.

■1964 65438+February, President Mao Zedong wrote the name of Beijing TV Station.

■ 1970, the first color TV set in China was born in Tianjin.

By the end of 1976, Beijing's programs had been transmitted to the capitals and municipalities of 26 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, among which 8 TV stations could send back signals to Beijing.

■ 1978 10, the state approved the introduction of the first color TV production line.

■ 1 978 On May1day, Beijing TV Station was renamed CCTV, and provincial TV stations were established in all provinces of China.

■197965438+1On October 28th, Shanghai TV station broadcasted a 1.5-minute advertisement for "tortoise tonic wine", which was the first advertisement in China TV history.

■ On August 9th, 1989, Changhong Color TV set a nationwide price reduction, thus creating a precedent for color TV price war in China. Price reduction has at least two functions: first, domestic color TV sets have since got rid of the shadow of planned economy, laying the foundation for the marketization of China color TV industry; Secondly, domestic brands distance themselves from foreign brands through price advantages, creating conditions for the popularization of color TV sets.

■1983 From March to April, the National Radio and Television Work Conference in China put forward the policy of "four-level broadcasting, four-level television and four-level mixed coverage", and the number of TV stations in China increased rapidly. By 1985, there were 72 TV stations in cities and counties in China, and the number of TV transmitting stations and relay stations increased to more than 12000.

Since 2000, digital TV, as a new TV technology, has been piloted in several big cities.