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Teleprompter

Also Known As TelePrompTer (original trademark spelling)
Broadcast Technology

The teleprompter is a display device that shows a speaker scrolling text, letting a television performer read a script while appearing to speak from memory directly to the camera. Hubert Schlafly built the first working model in 1950 through the TelePrompTer Corporation, and it saw its first broadcast use on December 4, 1950, on the CBS soap opera The First Hundred Years; I Love Lucy creator Jess Oppenheimer later developed and patented an improved in the lens version. The technology quickly became a staple of television news and remains the primary system newscasters use today, and producers of Dragnet estimated it cut the show's production time by as much as half.

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Introduced Year
1950 1
Origin
Invented by Hubert Schlafly, who built the first teleprompter in 1950 for the TelePrompTer Corporation, founded with Fred Barton Jr. and Irving Berlin Kahn. 1
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1. Wikipedia
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  • Teleprompter, History section
    The teleprompter was used for the first time on December 4, 1950, in filming the CBS soap The First Hundred Years.
  • Teleprompter, History section, first model built
    Schlafly built the first teleprompter in 1950.
  • Wikipedia: Teleprompter, History section
    Schlafly built the first teleprompter in 1950. It was simply a mechanical device, operated by a hidden technician, located near the camera.
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Teleprompter (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Columbia Broadcasting System, Teleprompter, History section
Quote, Associated With: Columbia Broadcasting System, Teleprompter, History section
The teleprompter was used for the first time on December 4, 1950, in filming the CBS soap The First Hundred Years.
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