How UK TV has developed since 1922 By syrajohal Mar 11, 1922 BBC Television begins Mar 11, 1930 First Commercial Television Sets Scottish engineer, John Logie Baird, introduces the first commercial television sets to the market Mar 11, 1936 First Official Broadcast Pictures from Alexandra Palace. Mar 11, 1938 5000 Television Sets sold Mar 11, 1939 BBC Television stops due to World War 2 Mar 11, 1940 COLOUR TV Mar 11, 1954 First Commercial Computer Launch BY IBM Mar 11, 1955 Commercial TV/ITV launches Mar 11, 1957 Satellite TV launches Sputnik 1 Mar 11, 1976 First Apple Computer Mar 11, 1984 SKY TV launches Mar 11, 1994 PlayStation launches Mar 11, 1997 BBC News 24 Mar 11, 2002 Freeview Launches Feb 9, 2003 BBC 3 Launches