Top 7 facts about television

TV: Top 7 facts about television

TODAY marks the 15th anniversary of Free view (freeview.co.UK) which delivers most of the nation’s favorite television channels at no cost.

 

1. The total amount spent on TV advertising in the UK last year was £5.28billion.

2. Worldwide, 90 per cent of homes own TV sets. In the UK, the figure is 95.4 per cent.

3. ...while 8 per cent would give up their bed and 4 per cent would give up the washing machine.

4. By the time the average US child is 14 years old, they have seen around 11,000 murders on TV.

5. The use of the word “goggle-box” for a television dates back to 1959.

6. Although John Logie Baird did not invent the television until 1926, the word “television” has been with us since 1900 for such a proposed invention.

7. Baird’s first TV set used an old hat box, a pair of scissors, some darning needles, a few bicycle light lenses, a used tea chest and sealing wax and glue.