Articles about television

A 1952 discussion of where and when the word “television” was coined

A radio reviewer looks on incredulously at the coming of television to the United States in 1935

A look at what’s popular and how popularity is measured from the BBC in 1961

Your guide to the latest television designs on display at Earls Court in 1955

The big event that brought television into the lives of the masses

BLOG: Our guide to what’s worth watching and listening to this week

BLOG: Our guide to what’s worth watching and listening to this week

BLOG: Our pick of the best TV and radio for 6-12 January

Yesterday may have been seen by some as a day to bury news. Maybe that’s why the BBC Press Office snook out a press release about QI.

Every time I hear anything about Jeremy Hunt’s plans for a new local TV network, I have this tendency to roll my eyes and sigh. His dream of a network of local TV stations, broadcasting to cities and regions sounds all very grand and good – and desirable. Yet Mr Hunt seems oblivious to the fact that it almost inevitably seems dooned to faliure. Local TV has never worked in Britain.

Just like other long-established media sectors such as the music industry, television seems to have its own set of unwritten rules in terms of how people are handled within its…

Don’t forget to have your pen and paper handy to write down the address!

Is the world just getting too obsessed about always being able to watch TV?

I feel I must confess that I’m not a regular reader of the Daily Express. Well, who would be? However when my attention was drawn to this particular article, I just had to read. And so you don’t have to feel as dirty as I did, I’ll pull out the relevant quote…

On the internet, news can sometimes travel too fast