The Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Company
|
| gptkbp:acquisition |
Acquired_by_RCA
|
| gptkbp:discontinued |
Television production
Radio production |
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1961
|
| gptkbp:employees |
500 (1950s)
|
| gptkbp:famous_for |
Pioneering television technology
|
| gptkbp:founded |
1929
|
| gptkbp:founder |
gptkb:Philo_Farnsworth
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Fort_Wayne,_Indiana
gptkb:Fort_Wayne |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation
|
| gptkbp:industry |
Television
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:RCA
gptkb:General_Electric gptkb:Westinghouse Consumer electronics Television broadcasting Home entertainment systems |
| gptkbp:inventor |
Electronic television
|
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
Television industry
Electronics industry |
| gptkbp:keyPeople |
gptkb:David_Sarnoff
gptkb:Philo_Farnsworth Vladimir Zworykin |
| gptkbp:legacy |
Influence on modern television technology
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:market |
gptkb:North_America
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Farnsworth_Television
Farnsworth_10-inch_television Farnsworth_12-inch_television Farnsworth_16-inch_television Farnsworth_21-inch_television Farnsworth_24-inch_television Farnsworth_27-inch_television Farnsworth_30-inch_television Farnsworth_36-inch_television Farnsworth_40-inch_television Farnsworth_Radio |
| gptkbp:parent_company |
gptkb:RCA
|
| gptkbp:productionYears |
1929-1961
|
| gptkbp:products |
Television sets
Radio sets |
| gptkbp:related_to |
Television history
Radio history Philo_Farnsworth's_inventions |
| gptkbp:revenue |
$1 million (1950s)
|
| gptkbp:subsidiary |
Farnsworth_Television_and_Radio_Corporation_of_Canada
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Zenith_Electronics
|
| gptkbp:type |
Electronics manufacturer
|