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DuMont was the only television network without a radio network, so it was the only network forced to pay for a service it did not use. DuMont protested AT&T's actions with the Federal Communications Commission, and eventually reached a compromise. [42] DuMont's biggest corporate hurdle may have been with the company's own partner, Paramount.
There is a lot of entertainment and television broadcasting history found in the often lost and forgotten fourth television network created by scientist and inventor Allen B. DuMont. DuMont was an American electronics engineer, scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube for use in television receivers.
Aug 5, 2016 · After years of struggle, DuMont ceased original programming in 1955. But it continued to broadcast sporting events into the next year. The end came with a televised boxing match on August 6, 1956.
Jun 30, 2017 · The DuMont network ran hot and burned out fast. After churning out over 20,000 individual episodes of television over the course of a decade, it shut down. “In 1955 it stopped operating as a ...
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Jun 24, 2023 · The tragic tale of the trailblazing TV network that spawned the first American sitcom. This is the story of a scrappy little TV network that lived longer than anyone expected before a series of unfortunate circumstances erased it from existence. Like the character from Cake’s 90s hit, DuMont was “going the distance.”.
Aug 3, 2024 · DuMont Television Network, American television network of the 1940s and ’50s, established in 1946 by DuMont Laboratories and its founder, Allen B. DuMont.The parent company was a pioneer in early television technology, but, largely because it lacked the support of a radio network, the DuMont Television Network struggled to compete with the fledgling television networks established by radio ...
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Oct 3, 2022 · Why the DuMont Network failed. Several factors combined to doom the DuMont Network. The network did not have the deep pockets of the rival networks, CBS, NBC and a newcomer, the American ...
