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The world's first scheduled, high-definition (as then defined; meaning 240-line) television programmes were broadcast on 2 November 1936 by the British Broadcasting Corporation. They had been preceded by a number of low-definition BBC test broadcasts, as well as a 180-line Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk service, from Berlin, since March 1935.
1986 in British television – BBC One begins a full daytime schedule service for the first time with Australian soap Neighbours making its UK debut as part of the schedule, while Yorkshire becomes the first ITV region to begin broadcasting 24 hours a day. 1986 also sees Neighbours make its British television debut along with Pingu, Casualty ...
In the UK, most broadcasters provide catch-up TV services which allow viewing of TV for a window after it was broadcast. Online video can be viewed via mobile devices, computers, TVs equipped with a built in Internet connection, or TVs connected to an external set-top-box, streaming stick or games console.
1952: First broadcast of Today (NBC), This Is Your Life, Omnibus, and Flower Pot Men; Canada begins its television broadcasts; Hockey Night in Canada and The Guiding Light move from radio to TV; 1953: The first broadcast of Panorama; ABS-CBN launches in the Philippines; the coronation of Elizabeth II is the first ceremony of its kind to be ...
The public launch of digital terrestrial TV in the UK. Consequently, BBC News 24 is now available to all digital viewers. BBC Parliament is carried but due to bandwidth issues, the channel is broadcast in sound only. The first edition of UK Today is broadcast. It airs as a replacement for the regional news bulletins because broadcasting English ...
Albania (experimental and regular programming, RTSH), Australia ( Tasmania ), Brazil ( Distrito Federal (TV Brasília), Paraná (TV Paranaense), Bauru , Bahia , Pernambuco (TV Jornal do Commercio), Ceará (TV Ceará, now defunct [ab])), Costa Rica , Greece (experimental, PPC), Netherlands Antilles , New Zealand , Norway (full service, NRK ...
11 January – The first weather forecast with an in-vision presenter is televised in the UK. The first weather presenter was George Cowling. [15] 9 April – The Grove Family, generally considered to be the first British TV soap opera, makes its debut on the BBC Television Service. [16] [17]
Wire TV's evening programming is by now devoted to sport under the name Sportswire with the daytime entertainment programming called LiveWire. [30] 30 November – Associated Newspapers launches Channel One, a network of city news channels. The first to launch is in London. [31] 1995