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Published 8 September 2023
This new ‘television’ idea is getting popular, but how does it work?
Published 3 August 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: north and west Wales
Published 27 July 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Herm
Published 20 July 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: northern Scotland
Published 13 July 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: for the England/Scotland border
Published 6 July 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: the west country
Published 29 June 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: Strabane and Black Mountain
Published 22 June 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: Eastern England
Published 16 June 2023
The BBC gets its response to the Pilkington Committee in early
Published 15 June 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: Northeastern England
Published 8 June 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: Southern region
Published 1 June 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: west of England and south of Wales
Published 25 May 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: lowland Scotland
Published 13 May 2023
A new control room for live continental broadcasting exchange opens in Broadcasting House
Published 11 May 2023
ITV transmitters in 1962: Midlands region
Published 31 December 2022
Geoff Nash tries to explain 2023’s TV technology to a 1936 viewer
Published 30 December 2022
Part six of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
Published 23 December 2022
Part five of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
Published 9 December 2022
Part three of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
Published 2 December 2022
Part two of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
Published 22 July 2022
The BBC tests NTSC colour on 405-lines for the benefit of MPs
Published 14 May 2022
Television prepares for its greatest triumph, to reach out beyond the frontiers of Europe and bring you instantaneous sights and sounds from six different countries
Published 28 December 2021
Part Eleven: Keith Waterhouse of the Daily Mirror looks into the future of British television
Published 8 December 2021
The general manager of Rediffusion on why we should go into colour now, in 1966
Published 1 November 2021
Make sure your television set is fully adjusted to improve your viewing
Published 19 February 2021
An upgrade from 405-lines to 625-lines is not enough on its own to get people to buy or rent new sets, says the BBC’s DC Birkinshaw in 1959
Published 23 December 2020
A look at how television facilities have developed across Europe in 1967
Published 31 July 2020
Television is coming soon and, the Nottingham Journal decides, the Baird system is the one to bet on
Published 24 June 2019
It’s almost S-night! With ITV about to convert from 405 to 625, the technology correspondent of the Sunday Times looks into what’s involved
Published 17 July 2018
Electrical maintenance: the beating heart of Television House and Wembley
Published 24 April 2017
A 1963 guide to the options available for 625 lines, colour and ITV-2