AP Giannini buys Bank of America
BIP buys German producer/distributor Sudfilm
US broadcasters agree to ban radio ads
during 'family hour'
John Logie Baird demonstrates colour TV
on electro-mechanical system
Associated British Cinemas (ABC) formed
by John Maxwell
David Sarnoff and Joseph Kennedy merge
Film
Booking Office, Radio Corp. of America and vaudeville
Circuit Keith-Albee-Orpheum to form Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO).
Gaumont-British buys UK cinema chain, becomes
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
George
Klein closes operation and retires
Studios rejects Disney's
new cartoons, Ub Iwerks modifies Disney's drawings to create
the first Mickey Mouse character
Disney's
Steamboat Willie is first cartoon designed for use with a
soundtrack
Pathe-Consortium becomes Paris-Consortium-Cinema
Herriot Decree in France provides quota
protection for local production
Teletype machine invented
Baird beams TV image from UK to US
First scheduled television broadcasts in
US
IBM adopts 80-column punched card
United Independent Broadcasters restructured
as Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
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