Television
![Flat-screen televisions for sale at a consumer electronics store](/Images/godic/202502/18/Cptvdisplay2052.jpg")
![The Nipkow disk. This schematic shows the circular paths traced by the holes that may also be square for greater precision. The area of the disk outlined in black shows the region scanned.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Nipkow_disk.svg2052.png")
![Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies](/Images/godic/202502/18/John_Logie_Baird_and_Stooky_Bill2052.png")
![The first known photograph of a moving image produced by Baird's](/Images/godic/202502/18/John_Logie_Baird,_1st_Image2052.jpg")
Television or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving images in monochrome (black-and-white), or in color, and in two or three dimensions. It can refer to a television set, a television program, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium, for entertainment, education, news and advertising.