1934 in television

See also: 1933 in television, other events of 1934, 1935 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Events

• First television broadcasts in the USSR
• March 31 – The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company are comes to an end.
• December – Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a non mechanical television system
• In the U.S., The Communications Act of 1934 stipulates that commercial television stations "operate in the public interest, convenience, and necessity." The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the act.

Births

• January 22 – Bill Bixby, television actor (+ 1993)
• February 14 – Florence Henderson, actress, The Brady Bunch
• February 21 – Rue McClanahan, actress, The Golden Girls
• August 23 – Barbara Eden, actress, I Dream of Jeannie

Deaths