Did you even read what I wrote? First sentence: TV as we know it grew out of many different inventors in many different countries.
You’re attempting to argue with me using the exact same point that I made myself.
ETA …and my major point, that TV is not an American invention, stands.
Railway, Internet, Oil industry …
It’s actually funny how many people are ideologically turned against Government while those with a brain always seek Government support to develop or grow their business – while talking about the need for Government to stay away at the same time.
For the record, I consider Government regulations or lack of regulations to be indirect subsidy.
Sorry. When you wrote “universally credited” you undermined yourself. There is no “father of television” either. You can’t say so and expect no one to correct you.
The patent office and related court systems provide a nice service. I don’t recall whether those are fully supported by patent application fees.
Baird was the father of video recording, though he never worked out a way to play those recordings back well.
It wasn’t re-invented until well after WWII.
I’d think commercial aviation has benefited from government spending in a dramatic fashion.
A LOT of the US aerospace companies’ technology and expertise was developed for military aircraft contracts, and then subsequently put to use in the commercial sector.
It’s a subsidy of sorts, even if it’s not a direct one.