1940 in television

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The year 1940 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1940.

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January - The FCC holds public hearings on television.
February 25 - The first ice hockey game is televised, the New York Rangers vs Montreal Canadiens, from Madison Square Garden on W2XBS-TV.

The NHL New York Rangers were a tenant of the 50th-Street MSG from 1926 to 1968 (1932-33 Team Picture).

February 28 - The first basketball game is televised, from Madison Square Garden; Fordham vs the University of Pittsburgh.
March 15 - RCA cuts the price of television sets.
May 21 - Bell Telephone Laboratories transmits a 441-line video signal, with a bandwidth of 2.7 MHz, by coaxial cable from New York to Philadelphia and back.
June - W2XBS in New York (NBC) covers the Republican National Convention from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 33 hours, over a five day period. The signal is transmitted via coaxial cable.
August 29 - Peter Carl Goldmark of CBS announces his invention of a color television system.
September 3 - CBS resumes its television transmissions with the first demonstration of high definition color TV, by W2XAB, transmitting from the Chrysler Building.