The BBC launched the first public TV service in 1936 - 10 years after television was invented.
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"I wanted to create a new high-definition television that eliminates the need to run cables to and from the television and various devices," said an inventor, from Bronx, N.Y., "so I invented the ...
On a cold Tuesday in London in 1926, a tallish but sickly and eccentric Scotsman invited members of Britain’s Royal ...
John Logie Baird took his Televisor out of stealth on January 26, 1926. But the demonstration faced some serious skepticism.
In Soho, London, 100 years ago, John Logie Baird’s mechanical television system broadcast recognisable human faces for the ...
Today marks an auspicious anniversary which might have passed us by had it not been for [Diamond Geezer], who reminds us that ...
A true, little-known story becomes a television narrative of great emotional tension. Morbo K He who saves a life saves the ...
After British television was established in 1926, it went on to foster a productively rich relationship with the arts, but coverage has seriously declined this century.
Exactly one century on, a team at Bournemouth University is recreating the first receiver.