Mechanical Television

John Logie Baird invents the mechanival television

Jan 1, 1920

The television pioneer created the first televised pictures of objects in motion (1924), the first televised human face (1925) and a year later he televised the first moving object image at the Royal Institution in London.

John Baird

Jan 1, 1928

His 1928 trans-atlantic transmission of the image of a human face was a broadcasting milestone.

Color television

Jan 1, 1928

Color television (1928), stereoscopic television and television by infra-red light were all demonstrated by Baird before 1930.

First time to broadcast

Jan 1, 1929

He successfully lobbied for broadcast time with the British Broadcasting Company, the BBC started broadcasting television on the Baird 30-line system in 1929.

First simultaneous sound

Jan 1, 1930

The first simultaneous sound and vision telecast was broadcast in 1930.

First tv show

Jul 1, 1930

In July 1930, the first British Television Play was transmitted, "The Man with the Flower in his Mouth."

Adopted Television

Jan 1, 1936

In 1936, the British Broadcasting Corporation adopted television service using the electronic television technology of Marconi-EMI (the world's first regular high resolution service - 405 lines per picture), it was that technology that won out over Baird's system.