![]() ![]() ![]() This used a closed-circuit camera system to screen a live video of a scrolling paper script, and display the image on a monitor attached to the front of the camera. Oppenheimer's paper-roll system survived until 1969 when Autocue introduced the first closed-circuit prompter. Both companies started by renting teleprompting equipment to studios and these were the first "on-camera" teleprompters in the world. ![]() Meanwhile, a separate entity, QTV, was established in the US. He licensed the patent to the teleprompting company Autocue in 1955. Oppenheimer took out a patent on the system. To solve the problem of the actors forgetting their lines, he developed the teleprompter system. Prompting began with Jess Oppenheimer, a writer, producer and director on the TV show I Love Lucy in the early 1950s. History of Autocue and teleprompting Prompting begins on paper In Dutch, "autocue" became a genericized trademark as there is no Dutch word for teleprompter. Its products are used by journalists, presenters, politicians and video production staff in almost every country in the world. The company was founded in 1955 and licensed its first on-camera teleprompter, based on a patent by Jess Oppenheimer, in 1962. Autocue is a UK-based manufacturer of teleprompter systems. ![]()
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