An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen. 

• Television can offer video clips of events that show the audience what happened in the accompanying story. 
• The television coverage covers events at all times of the day. 
• Television broadcasting was first started by the government of India under the name of Doordarshan (DD) in Delhi on Sep – 1959.
• Today, Television coverage is provided by Doordarshan to about 90 percent of India’s population in India.

Advantages:

• It is the most effective medium to deliver information to large number of people very quickly. 
• News in different part of the world can be seen with in minutes or even seconds. 
• Television educates millions of people through advertisement. , 
• It is a source of entertainment. 
• It makes a personal appeal and transmits the message directly into the home. 
• It exhibits the persons giving the message.

Disadvantages:

• It is a sort of time – consuming, people waste time in watching. 
• Television is a health hazard to people, especially to children. 
• Television also braodcasts some inappropriate programmes. 
• It is very costly, so it can be used only to a limited extent. 
• It requires lot of concentration, attention of the people.