This is a list of when the first publicly announced television broadcasts occurred in the mentioned countries. Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not included.
This list should not be interpreted to mean the whole of a country had television service by the specified date. For example, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the former Soviet Union all had operational television stations and a limited number of viewers by 1939. Very few cities in each country had television service. Television broadcasts were not yet available in most places.
Year | Countries and territories |
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1924 | United States (Pre-experimental) |
1926 | Germany (Pre-experimental), United Kingdom (Pre-experimental) |
1927 | Australia (Pre-experimental), Netherlands (Pre-experimental) |
1928 | Canada (Pre-experimental), United States (mechanical television, experimental - W2XCW) [1] |
1929 | United Kingdom (mechanical, experimental), [2] Germany (mechanical, experimental), [3] Australia (mechanical, experimental, after hours on two existing Melbourne radio stations - 3UZ and 3DB), [4] [5] [6] Netherlands (mechanical, experimental in Scheveningen), [7] France (Pre-experimental) |
1930 | Soviet Union (Pre-experimental in Moscow wired in 1929) |
1931 | France (mechanical, experimental), Canada (mechanical, experimental - VE9EC), Soviet Union (mechanical, experimental - МТЦ), Siam (mechanical, experimental, cancelled because of the revolution) |
1932 | Argentina (mechanical, experimental), [8] Japan (Pre-experimental) |
1934 | Australia (electronic television, experimental, Brisbane), [9] Turkey (Pre-experimental) |
1935 | Germany (intermediate film; semi-electronic), France (electronic - PTT Radio Vision), Netherlands (electronic, experimental in Eindhoven by Philips), [7] Italy (Pre-experimental) |
1936 | United Kingdom (electronic - BBC Television Service), Germany (electronic television - Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk), [10] |
1937 | Free City of Danzig (electronic, experimental), [lower-alpha 1] Poland (mechanical, experimental), (Doświadczalna Stacja Telewizyjna), [11] Peru (Pre-experimental), Chile (Pre-experimental) |
1938 | Soviet Union (electronic, experimental - CT USSR), Turkey (electronic, experimental) |
1939 | Argentina (electronic, experimental), Brazil (electronic, experimental), Chile (electronic, experimental), Japan (electronic, experimental - J2PQ), [12] [lower-alpha 2] Italy (electronic, experimental - EIAR Trasmissioni Sperimentali Radiovisione), [13] Peru (electronic, experimental), [14] Poland (electronic, experimental), [11] United States (electronic; experimental and non-commercial until 1941 - NBC) |
Year | Countries and territories |
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1991 | Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SSVC TV Cyprus), [57] Cayman Islands (Cayman 27, now defunct), Falkland Islands (FITV), [lower-alpha 65] Fiji (FijiTV), [lower-alpha 66] Nauru (NTV), Rwanda (RTV) |
1992 | Republika Srpska (RTV Krajina Banja Luka), São Tomé and Príncipe (TVS, regular), Solomon Islands (TTV), South Ossetia (Ir), [58] Transnistria (PMR TV), Vanuatu (TBV, experimental) |
1993 | Eritrea (Eri-TV), San Marino (San Marino RTV), Vanuatu (TBV), Western Samoa (SBC Television 1) |
1994 | Tanzania (mainland, Coastal Television Network) |
1995 | Andorra (ATV), [lower-alpha 67] Gambia (Gambia Radio & Television Service), Saint Helena (Sure South Atlantic Ltd), Turks and Caicos Islands (WIV Channel 4) |
1996 | Palestine (PBC) |
1997 | Montserrat (Peoples Television), [lower-alpha 68] [59] Somaliland (Somaliland Television) [60] |
1999 | Belgium ( German-speaking Community (KA3)), [lower-alpha 69] Bhutan (BBS), [61] Malawi (TVM), [62] Tuvalu (limited service) [63] |
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