16
/
en
AIzaSyCYaC8UkdPkQKLFUmpasLV5eC3M802CrcA
Create
Public Timelines
Library
FAQ
Get Premium for free!
Download
Export
Duplicate
Embed
Edit
Television
Created by
Jack SImms
Updated
29 Sep 2017
90 views
0
0
Description
digital media
Comments
Events
John Logie Baird began experimenting with a television service
1939-46, closedown because of the second world war
1952 before the signal could be recieved by 81 per cent of population
The number of television license payers had risen to four and a half million
BBC introduced second channel with colour and higher resolution picture
Colour transmissions began in 1967 but switchover to the new 625 lines of UHF from original 405 lines of VHF took twenty yeras
Chanel 4 went on air with a new remit
Independent television
Freeview was set up
UKTV changed to Dave
BBC iPlayer was launched being a catch up and on demand service
Netflix and LoveFilm began streaming services
