TV timeline - Timeline

Britain consumed media through newspapers or through radio broadcasts.

Company called the British Broadcasting Company began selling wireless sets of a better quality.

In 1926 a General Strike meant no newspapers were printed for 9 days. In their absence the BBC began broadcasting news 5 times a day.

John Logie Baird began experimenting with a “television service”

The signal could be received by 81 per cent of the population. The television service required a viewing license on top of the existing radio license

BBC introduced a second channel with colour and a higher resolution picture

Channel 4 went on air