On 31st August, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for his Kinetographic Camera... Read more »

On 18th June, 1908, The concept of an electronic television system was first published... Read more »

On 18th November, 1929, Vladimir Zworykin first demonstrated his kinescope... Read more »

On 22nd March, 1935, Germany’s first regular electronic television service began... Read more »

On 1st September, 1939, The BBC stopped television broadcasting with the onset of WW2... Read more »

On 1st June, 1946, Britain introduced the first television licenses to the public... Read more »

On 7th September, 1948, Louis W. Parker obtained a patent for his Television Receiver... Read more »

On 6th April, 1954, The first successful TV Dinner was first sold in the US by Swanson & Sons... Read more »

On 2nd September, 1958, China’s first television station began broadcasting... Read more »

On 1st April, 1960, The first weather observation satellite was launched, producing the first TV images from space... Read more »