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Published 16 June 2023
The BBC gets its response to the Pilkington Committee in early
Published 13 May 2023
A new control room for live continental broadcasting exchange opens in Broadcasting House
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 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 1 September 2021
1968 was a busy year for ATV Network, as this excerpt from their annual report for 1969 reveals
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 3 February 2021
Get ready for something new: HTV West is about to launch with local programmes for local people
Published 23 December 2020
A look at how television facilities have developed across Europe in 1967
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 20 May 2019
Colour… UHF… 625… Duplication… What the viewer needs to know in 1969
Published 17 July 2018
Electrical maintenance: the beating heart of Television House and Wembley
Published 11 July 2017
Did Associated-Rediffusion’s managing director predict digital television in 1962?
Published 22 May 2017
BBC-2 is on its way to the north of England. This 1965 leaflet tells you all you need to know about receiving it
Published 24 April 2017
A 1963 guide to the options available for 625 lines, colour and ITV-2
Published 25 July 2014
The BBC encourages us to tune our sets correctly for BBC-2 and colour in 1968
Published 15 June 2014
BBC-2 News for Spring 1968 brings you all the 625 and colour information you need