The BBC Begins Television Broadcasting
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Arts, Popular Culture, Technology, Inventions, Economics
- Subcategories: Entertainment, Entertainers, Business, Television, Radio, Broadcasting, Communications
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: London
- Date: November 2, 1936
Article abstract: The BBC inaugurated regularly scheduled high-definition television service, an event that was to have an enormous impact upon industry, commerce, and popular culture.
Summary of Event
Television was not the unique invention of a single genius but more a case of an idea whose time had come. Shortly after the development of the telephone and the radio, a number of inventors, scientists, and engineers addressed themselves to the problem of transmitting pictures electronically. Alan Campbell Swinton, a British engineer, proposed in 1908 a...
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