Articles about 625-lines

The BBC gets its response to the Pilkington Committee in early

A new control room for live continental broadcasting exchange opens in Broadcasting House

Geoff Nash tries to explain 2023’s TV technology to a 1936 viewer

Part six of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain

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

Part Eleven: Keith Waterhouse of the Daily Mirror looks into the future of British television

1968 was a busy year for ATV Network, as this excerpt from their annual report for 1969 reveals

It’s (almost) here! Get ready for the launch of BBC-2

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

Get ready for something new: HTV West is about to launch with local programmes for local people

A look at how television facilities have developed across Europe in 1967

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

Colour… UHF… 625… Duplication… What the viewer needs to know in 1969

Electrical maintenance: the beating heart of Television House and Wembley

David Attenborough looks back at a year of BBC-2 in colour

Did Associated-Rediffusion’s managing director predict digital television in 1962?

BBC-2 is on its way to the north of England. This 1965 leaflet tells you all you need to know about receiving it

A 1963 guide to the options available for 625 lines, colour and ITV-2

The BBC encourages us to tune our sets correctly for BBC-2 and colour in 1968

BBC-2 News for Spring 1968 brings you all the 625 and colour information you need