How UK TV has developed since 1922

By syrajohal

  • BBC Television begins

  • First Commercial Television Sets

    Scottish engineer, John Logie Baird, introduces the first commercial television sets to the market

  • First Official Broadcast

    Pictures from Alexandra Palace.

  • 5000 Television Sets sold

  • BBC Television stops due to World War 2

  • COLOUR TV

  • First Commercial Computer Launch

    BY IBM

  • Commercial TV/ITV launches

  • Satellite TV launches

    Sputnik 1

  • First Apple Computer

  • SKY TV launches

  • PlayStation launches

  • BBC News 24

  • Freeview Launches

  • BBC 3 Launches

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