Timeline of Technology Development
- 1. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry Early TV January 23rd 1926: Mechanical TV demonstration by John Logie Baird Achieved with spinning disks Rotating drums of mirrors and flickering neon lights
- 2. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry Early TV The video signal from this 30-line system was low enough to be audible viewing window Just plug it into the speaker socket of a radio and tune it to the correct frequency
- 3. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry Early TV The Baird company experimented with "Phonovision" from 1927 - 28 The BBC took over from 1932 to 1935 before moving to the Marconi - EMI 405 line system and transmitted from 1928 to 32 ... which stopped transmitting in 1985
- 4. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry The Radio Times, 1936
- 5. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry 2 hours a day: 3 - 4 pm and 9 - 10 pm Amy Johnson, 1938James Mason & Marjorie Mars
- 6. The BBC shut down in 1939
- 7. ... returning on 7th June 1946 In 1953, branding arrived with the introduction of commercial TV ... and in 1964, BBC 2 arrived
- 8. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry The first colour pictures in the UK were broadcast by BBC 2 in 1967 when it covered Wimbledon
- 9. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry First commercial VTR, 1956 Ampex VRX 1000 Cost: about $50K
- 10. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry First commercial VCR Sony Portapak, 1965 Cost: about $1500
- 11. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry First popular home VCR Sony Betamax, 1975 Cost: $2295
- 12. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry The first ever portable VHS recorder The JVC HR-4100 EG 1978 Cost: £400 approx Video tech timeline
- 13. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry Sony 8mm format, 1985 This went through several changes until DV appeared in 1995 List of digital formats DVCPRO - the Panasonic version DVCAM - the Sony version
- 14. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry British Satellite Broadcasting was launched in March 1990 on cable and in April 1990 as a direct-to-home satellite service via the Marco Polo Satellite BSB SquarialTwo BSB satellites were launched (Marcopolo 1 and 2, at 31 degrees West), providing just five channels in high quality DMAC format
- 15. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry British Satellite Broadcasting was forced to merge with Sky TV in November 1990, becoming BSkyB Early Sky diskThe Astra satellites broadcast in PAL, a much lower resolution than the BSB DMAC
- 16. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry In 1984 the Cable Authority was formed to grant licences for broadcasting sound and vision signals ... to supply at least 16 channels to 10,000 houses simultaneously By 1996, the small operators were being bought up by large multinationals Telewest Comcast Diamond Cable NTL By 2000, the return path of the new Broadband system allowed interactive cable options
- 17. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry BBC Three is to be dropped from TV schedules and will move online, as part of the BBC's cost-cutting plans. Gavin & Stacey only available through the iPlayer
- 18. U25A1: Structure of the UK Television Industry Between these two streaming services, pretty much every device you can imagine is able to receive films and TV series