Television in the Secosa Supernova

Television in the Secosa Supernova is a major multi-billion bharnee industry, and consists of millions of hours of programming on many television networks. When it comes to the Secosan media industry as a whole, television has the second-largest market by revenue, after radio. Television has the largest market by volume, with an estimated 2.2 billion television sets sold in the country, according to Warthon-Bartholomew University's School of Technology.

4928-5006: Mechanical Television era
Television's roots can be traced to an experimental station in Warthon called WT2-TV, which was an experimental mechanical television station, which had broadcasted in Warthon at 76.3 MHz from 4928 to 4941. However, when the Secosan economy collapsed, the station's funding was cut to a point in which the station could not afford to continue transmissions. As a result, television development was halted until 4945. That year, Robin Nova IV had commissioned a plan to start a television station to serve the Secosan People. The result was the creation of the Daroudo Broadcasting System, or DBS for short. However, there were not enough sets to justify the cost of running the television network, so as a result, the broadcasts were beamed to parlors, which would install antennas on their roofs to provide the picture, and the television image would be seen by guests on a small 7 inch screen. (Television sets would not be produced en masse, and viewed in people's homes, until after the Second Intergalactic War, with the Elgee TV-1 in 5011) The parlor-to-TV business model existed until the start of the Second Intergalactic War, when an invention from Hares changed television forever.

5003: Discovery of satellites
In 5003, the Second Intergalacic War was still happening. However, the Hareans had a secret weapon—they used satellites to track their troops' movements. However, when the Secosans got their hands on their plans for the satellites, they soon started building them, and they had an advantage over the Hareans. The Secosan satellites were superior to the Hareans, and were capable of more. They also could beam television signals—initially for military use. Cameras in the frontlines were made using CRT displays-a feat never seen before in the Secosan Republic. The footage from the cameras would then be beamed by satellite to the Secosan military headquarters in Warthon. That's right—they were used to broadcast LIVE images from the battlefield. This would eventually set the stage for future news programs. Once the war ended, the television business was ready to explode into a new era.

5006-5025: Television boom
At the end of the Second Intergalactic War, the television industry was very small. However, the coverage of Queen Harme Nova's victory speech would be seen in parlors all over Daroudo continent. However, there was a problem—television sets were too big and too expensive for them to be used in the home. As a result, a team of engineers at the newly-established Elgee Technology Company, led by Danbelgo Elgee, decided to create a television that was innovative and cheap at the same time. The result was the Elgee TV-1, which had a 12" black-and-white CRT television screen and capable of recieving antenna and satellite broadcasts. The television was innovative—it was considered state-of-the-art at the time. It was also cheap—the television costed ฿10,000 at the time when most televisions produced in the era costed up to ฿1,800,000! The television went flying off the shelves—as a result, so many were sold that Elgee couldn't keep up with demand, and often they were out of stock. The people who lacked the television often came over to the homes of people who did own the television. It was a massive success for the new company, and as a result encouraged the broadcasters to immediately switch over to a newly developed system called IMB (Intergalactic Media Broadcasting), which would be the standard used by the TV-1 and future sets for the rest of the century.

By the mid 5010s, television was on its way to becoming a profitable business in the country. However, it was largely unregulated (and it still is)— anyone who had the money could produce a program for the DBS. This led to unintended consequences. Some programs had profanity, others had sex and nudity, et cetera. This created a lot of uproar among the business, and as a result, the Secosan government passed the Ordinance for Regulating Ethical Content on Secosan Television in 5021. This very law would determine what content was and was not allowed on television until the mid 5110s. Swearing was restricted, sexual content and nudity was restricted to late night hours, violence was intolerant, and children's programming must have at least a moderate presence on television. News programming must be aired at least twice a day, alcohol and drugs are prohibited, and stations must sign on in the early morning and sign off at midnight. This rule also encouraged competition, which eventually led to the creation of the Regional Television System. The RTS was created by the union of six preexisting independent television stations: ATS in Ashkar, PTV in Pophalan City, RTV in Warthon, WTV in Weton, NPB in New Pripyat, and PTS in Gantoko City. The creation of the RTS gave the existing DBS some competition, and the network changed its name to the SBS, or Secosan Broadcasting System.

5025-5035: Competition
The mid-5020s arrived with some success for the two networks: The SBS and RTS were competing for ratings, especially at prime time with SBS airing True Communities, and RTS airing RTV's Koldonit's Do It!. However, the most successful series of the time was SBS's Kids House, which was a children's series.Though it had aired for nine years, the show dominated the ratings charts at the time, and was billed as a show "every kid in Secosa should watch!" It teaches children valuable lessons, from sharing, basic math and shapes to speaking English, being sociable and not talking to strangers. It was boring to watch, but many Secosan children liked the show. Year 5029 saw its first major television event by broadcasting the birth of Crystal Nova, which was simulcast on SBS and RTS (RTS's copy has been lost). By the mid-5030s the first game shows were being produced, such as Quiz It!.

5035-5045: The peak of the "first generation" of Secosan television
In 5035, television was about to reach its peak when the SBS was about to reach 500 million viewers. That year, the network broadcast its first crime drama, the first ever made in the Secosan Republic, Warthon's Mystery Murder. It was a success for the SBS. RTS tried to compete for the ratings with a new show from PTV called Detective Roomonkey; however, it was a failure, and it was cancelled after ten episodes (nine of which have been lost). Despite this, there was pressure from the Secosan government to encourage the creation of more television stations, which was eventually passed in 5045 with the Ordinance for the Creation of More Competition in the Television Industry. However, the two networks were heavily against the bill, fearing that their profits would decrease with the creation of a third television network. As a result, they started airing pro-Christine Nova propaganda, and the public's confidence in these two networks decreased.

5046-5063: Television under an iron fist
In 5046, Christine Nova declared military rule. Also that same year, a new third television network would launch that would change the industry forever. That network was called the SEBC, the Secosan Broadcasting Corporation, and its programs would become popular with the masses. However, that wasn't the case with its first few years on the air. Its stations struggled to pay the bills, and they went off the air after a few years. By 5053, the network had only one station left, in Weton. Meanwhile, in response, SBS launched a second station called SBS TV-2, which would eventually become SCT Two; the RTS also started stations in Hanshe, Linnias and Asnes. In 5048, another network would launch called the Commercial Television System, which would buy some of the RTS's stations, including RTV.

Networks
There are four main broadcast television networks serving the entire country: However, there are many regional stations in the Secosa Supernova, as well as local ones, each targeting a specific audience in that region. They are tied together by the Regional Television System, or RTS for short.
 * SCT, the public television network aimed primarily at older audiences.
 * Secosa 1, a commercial television network based in Weton whose primary programming is aimed at the younger generation.
 * OldroTV, a network specializing in Nova-themed programming.
 * Kitty TV, a television network aimed primary at Pophalacs (catgirls and catboys).