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1936

BBC Begins Television Broadcasting

1936 | November 2 – The BBC started the world’s first public high definition electronic television service in London, with both Baird’s mechanical 240 line system and the Marconi-EMI 405 line system. Adele Dixon opened the BBC service with a specially written song “Television”.


Adele Dixon sings “Television”


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