Regular color television transmission. A.C. Nielsen's Audimeters track viewer watching. One and a half million TV sets in U.S., a tenfold jump in one year.
Coaxial cable reaches coast to coast.
3-D movies offer thrills to the audience. Bing Crosby's company tests video recording. Zenith proposes pay-TV system using punched cards. CATV system uses microwave to bring in distant signals. Tests begin to communicate via fiber optics.