1021 - Camera Obscura is invented to project an image through a hole using a lens and shutters.
1544 - A Camera Obscura is first used in assisting the drawing of a solar eclipse.
1816 - The first photographic image is taken by Nicéphore Niépce. The photograph was not permanent and fading entirely into darkness.
1820 - Cameras continue to develop, using a variety of chemicals to create the first permanent image.
1837 - Photography is developed into a more practical process following Niépce's death.
1885 - Cameras begin using film.
1892 - Cinematograph is first patented.
1895 - The Lumière Brothers patent their own cinematograph and record their first footage on it. They later presented their films to an audience.
1896 - Films start being shown in cinemas.
1897 - Georges Mélies creates one of the first film studios.
1898 - Double exposure techniques begin being used.
1899 - Multi-shot techniques begin becoming very common in the industry. First animated film.
1900 - Films start growing in length and start to be considered as actual film.
1901 - Chase films begin, displaying large number of shots used in sequence, using editing to tell a story.
1905 - First permanent film theatre.
1906 - First feature length film is created.
1917 - Films begin to feature colour.
1920 - Colour film begins to dominate the industry.
1926 - Warner Bros. experiment with syncing sound to film using a process of recording sound to record discs and then playing it back at the same time as the film through overhead amplification systems. The first working television was also created, working on a mechanical system to produce the recorded footage from inside the screen.
1927 - First feature film with sound, The Jazz Singer, is released. First television broadcast via terrestrial methods, involving sending the information to an antenna attached to the TV.
1928 - Electronic Television was first presented and suggested by Philo Farnsworth.
1930 - First Television drama to ever be broadcast, The Man with the Flower in his Mouth.
1932 - Three-strip Technicolor is invented, allowing a wider range of colour than previously available. The BBC is founded, starting a regular UK broadcasting system.
1935 - Kodachrome colour begins to be used. 3D TV is invented (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_television)
1936 - Agfacolor is invented. First broadcast of the olympic games on TV.
1939 - BBC suspends broadcasting due to the outbreak of World War II.
1941 - TVs begin broadcasting commercials.
1944 - ABC is founded. (American Broadcast Company)
1945 - NBC is founded in America. (National Broadcast Company) First regularly scheduled channel in the US. WWII ends and all broadcasting gradually begins again worldwide.
1948 - TV begins very regular broadcasting due to the use of cable (CATV) to broadcast television directly and efficiently.
1951 - First live television broadcast of President Harry S. Truman.
1956 - VHS is invented, allowing home viewing of movies to begin in the following years.
1958 - First live breaking news story.
1962 - Satellites are used to broadcast TV, starting in Europe and the US.
1967 - TV begins to broadcast in colour, starting with the BBC broadcast of Wimbledon.
1970 - Companies buy their own satellite arrays to broadcast channels to make subscription based or privatised broadcasting of TV.
1971 - Invention of IMAX.
1979 - The first home satellite dishes begin sale, allowing anyone to have satellite broadcast TV.
1982 - The first solely Satellite broadcast television station (Sky1) broadcasts in the UK. Compact disc is invented.
1995 - LCD Television starts being experimented with. DVD is invented and a lot of films begin being available in higher quality on the disc format.
2000 - The first cable broadcasters begin switching to Digital broadcasting.
2002 - LCD TV begins to take off, with TVs becoming bigger than before with a much higher definition, which gradually increases throughout the 2000's.
2006 - TV begins transitioning into Digital broadcasting, the use of broadcasting footage via binaric coding as opposed to varying analoguic frequencies to standardise the information sent by broadcast networks and present a more consistent TV watching capability for viewers. Blu-Ray disc is invented by Sony and allows a fully high-definition viewing of film.
2007 - Internet broadcast television becomes a regular service, with companies like Netflix emerging around this time.
2008 - TV begins to broadcast in 3D, starting in Japan.
2010 - 3D TV starts becoming a commercialised business. TV begins being broadcast via the internet at this time.
2014 - Curved TV production starts.
2015 - Smart TVs begin to be sold, allowing people to use their TV for functions commonly associated with computers or mobile devices in synergising applications.
This is a timeline of technology that improved or changes the TV and/or Film industries. The list may not be fully comprehensive, but unfortunately I couldn't find anywhere online that was, and a lot of the information seemed unnecessary, usually stating that things were first theorised in the 1930s or 1920s but not giving enough information about when they were released as an actual product. As such, some information may be slightly incorrect or may be missing, but I tried to include everything I could find or think of that was important.
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