Timeline of the introduction of television in countries

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A map showing when television was introduced in each country.      1930 to 1939      1940 to 1949      1950 to 1959      1960 to 1969      1970 to 1979      1980 to 1989      1990 to 1999      No data
A map showing when television was introduced in each country.      1930 to 1939      1940 to 1949      1950 to 1959      1960 to 1969      1970 to 1979      1980 to 1989      1990 to 1999      No data

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.

Year Countries
1928 Flag of the United States United States (Mechanical television) 1
1929 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom (Mechanical), 2 Flag of Germany Germany (Mechanical) 3
1931 Flag of France France (Mechanical), Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (Mechanical) 14
1935 Flag of Germany Germany (Intermediate film; semi-electronic)
1936 Flag of Germany Germany (Electronic television), Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom (Electronic), Flag of the United States United States (Electronic)15
1937 Flag of Free City of Danzig Danzig (Electronic television), Flag of France France (Electronic), 19 Flag of Poland Poland (Mechanical) 16
1938 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (Electronic)18
1939 Flag of Japan Japan (Electronic), 4 Flag of Italy Italy (Electronic) 5 Flag of Poland Poland (Electronic) 16
1941 Flag of the United States United States (Commercial)
1944 Flag of France France (Returned)
1946 Flag of Canada Canada, Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (Commercial), Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom (Returned) 17
1948 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 6
1949 Flag of Cuba Cuba, Flag of France France (Commercial), Flag of West Germany West Germany, Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
1950 Flag of Australia Australia, Flag of Mexico Mexico, Flag of Brazil Brazil, Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
1951 Flag of Argentina Argentina, Flag of Denmark Denmark, 12 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands, Flag of Japan Japan (Returned), Flag of Poland Poland (Returned)
1952 Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic, Flag of Poland Poland (Commercial)
1953 Flag of Alaska Alaska, Flag of Belgium Belgium28, Flag of the Philippines Philippines, Flag of Venezuela Venezuela
1954 Flag of Colombia Colombia, Flag of Hawaii Hawaii, Flag of Morocco Morocco, Flag of Norway Norway, Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, Flag of Monaco Monaco, Flag of Italy Italy (Returned)
1955 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg, Flag of Thailand Thailand
1956 Flag of Romania Romania, Flag of France Algeria, Flag of Austria Austria, Flag of Cyprus Cyprus, Flag of Guam Guam, Flag of Guatemala Guatemala, Flag of Iraq Iraq, Flag of South Korea South Korea, Flag of Spain Spain, Flag of Sweden Sweden, Flag of Uruguay Uruguay, Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
1957 Flag of Chile Chile, Flag of Finland Finland, Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong, 7 Flag of Hungary Hungary, Flag of Kuwait Kuwait, Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua, Flag of Portugal Portugal, Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
1958 Flag of Bermuda Bermuda, Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica, Flag of Denmark Greenland, Flag of El Salvador El Salvador, Flag of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China, 8 Flag of Iran Iran, Flag of Peru Peru
1959 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria, Flag of Haiti Haiti, Flag of Honduras Honduras, Flag of India India, Flag of Lebanon Lebanon, Flag of Nigeria Nigeria, Flag of Ecuador Ecuador
1960 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles, Flag of New Zealand New Zealand, Flag of Panama Panama, Flag of Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia, Flag of United Arab Republic United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria)
1961 Flag of Ireland Ireland, Flag of Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia, Flag of Turkey Turkey, Flag of the United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
1962 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire, Flag of the Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo, Flag of Kenya Kenya, Flag of Malta Malta, 21 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia, Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, Flag of the Republic of China Republic of China, 9 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, Flag of Cambodia Cambodia, Flag of Gibraltar Gibraltar, 22 Flag of Sudan Sudan
1963 Flag of Bolivia Bolivia, Flag of France French Polynesia, Flag of Gabon Gabon, Flag of Malaysia Malaysia, Flag of North Korea North Korea, Flag of Singapore Singapore, Flag of Jamaica Jamaica, Flag of Uganda Uganda , Flag of Upper Volta Upper Volta
1964 Flag of American Samoa American Samoa, Flag of Barbados Barbados, Flag of Bangladesh East Pakistan, Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia, Flag of France Guadeloupe, Flag of Liberia Liberia, Flag of France Martinique, Flag of the United Kingdom Mauritius, Flag of Yemen Arab Republic North Yemen, Flag of Pakistan West Pakistan, Flag of Réunion Réunion, Flag of Suriname Suriname
1965 Flag of Ghana Ghana, Flag of New Caledonia New Caledonia, Flag of Paraguay Paraguay, Flag of Senegal Senegal, Flag of South Vietnam South Vietnam
1966 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Kinshasa, Flag of Greece Greece, Flag of North Vietnam North Vietnam, Flag of Tunisia Tunisia, Flag of Iceland Iceland, Flag of Israel Israel 23
1967 Flag of Djibouti Djibouti, Flag of France French Guiana, Flag of Mongolia Mongolia, Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Flag of Madagascar Madagascar, Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
1968 Flag of Jordan Jordan, Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, Flag of Libya Libya
1969 Flag of Albania Albania, 24 Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
1970 Flag of Qatar Qatar
1972 thumbs St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
1973 Flag of Bahrain Bahrain, Flag of Niger Niger, Flag of Tanzania Tanzania, Flag of Togo Togo, Flag of the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
1974 Flag of the Central African Republic Central African Republic, Flag of Grenada Grenada, 25 Flag of Portugal Mozambique, Flag of Oman Oman
1975 Flag of South Africa South Africa, Flag of Angola Angola, Flag of Brunei Brunei, Flag of Dominica Dominica, Flag of Tuvalu Tuvalu, Flag of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen South Yemen, Flag of France Wallis and Futuna Islands
1977 Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas, 25 Flag of Guinea Guinea
1978 Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan, Flag of Benin Benin, Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein, Flag of Lesotho Lesotho, Flag of the Maldives Maldives, Flag of Swaziland Swaziland
1979 Flag of Mali Mali, Flag of Mauritania Mauritania, Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, Flag of Somalia Somalia
1980 Flag of Burma Burma, Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1981 Flag of Belize Belize, Flag of Portugal Macau, Flag of South Africa South West Africa
1983 Flag of Andorra Andorra, Flag of Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda, Flag of Cameroon Cameroon, Flag of Laos Laos, Flag of Nepal Nepal, Flag of the Seychelles Seychelles, Flag of the Vatican City Vatican City 26
1984 Flag of Burundi Burundi, Flag of Cape Verde Cape Verde, Flag of Chad Chad, Flag of the Comoros Comoros, Flag of Tonga Tonga, Flag of the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
1986 Flag of Mayotte Mayotte, Flag of Niue Niue, Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
1987 Flag of Sweden Sweden (commercial), Flag of Norway Norway (commercial), Flag of Denmark Denmark (commercial)
1989 Flag of the Cook Islands Cook Islands, Flag of San Marino San Marino, Flag of Samoa Western Samoa
1991 Flag of Cayman Islands Cayman Islands, Flag of the Falkland Islands Falkland Islands, 27 Flag of Fiji Fiji, 28 Flag of Guyana Guyana, Flag of Nauru Nauru, Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe
1992 Flag of Botswana Botswana, Flag of Rwanda Rwanda, Flag of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu
1993 Flag of Eritrea Eritrea 29
1995 Flag of The Gambia Gambia, Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, Flag of Kiribati Kiribati, Flag of Saint Helena Saint Helena, Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
1999 Flag of Malawi Malawi, Flag of Bhutan Bhutan

[edit] Notes and citations

  1. See WRGB History, How Television Came to Boston: The Forgotten Story of W1XAY, W3XK: America's first television station, and "WRNY to Start Daily Television Broadcasts," New York Times, August 13, 1928, p. 13.
  2. See J.L. Baird: Television in 1932
  3. See Museum of Broadcast Communications: Germany
    and Berlin 1936: Television in Germany
  4. See The Evolution of TV: A Brief History of TV Technology in Japan: “Can you see me clearly?”; Public TV Image Experiments.
  5. See Early Television in Italy
  6. See [1]; Czechoslovakia became two separate states, namely the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in 1993.
  7. Television was introduced in Hong Kong when it was a British crown colony. Hong Kong is now a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
  8. This is the year when television was introduced in Mainland China. At that time, the People's Republic of China did not administer Hong Kong and Macau.
  9. This is the year when television was introduced in territories under its administration. After the Chinese Civil War, the government of the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan and other islands, and Mainland China was controlled by the People's Republic of China.
  10. See Mongolia, multimedia memories, and me
  11. Television came to Fiji part-time for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. It arrived full-time in 1994.
  12. See History of DR
  13. See International Federation of Television Archives: Albania.
  14. R. W. Burns, Television: An International History of the Formative Years. IET, 1998, p. 488. ISBN 0-85296-914-7.
  15. See The Birth of Live Entertainment and Music on Television, November 6, 1936, and 1937 RCA Publicity Photographs. Regularly scheduled electronic broadcasts began in April 1938 in New York (to the second week of June, and resuming in August) and Los Angeles. "Telecasts Here and Abroad," The New York Times, April 24, 1938, Drama-Screen-Radio section, p. 10; "Early Birds," Time, June 13, 1938; "Telecasts to Be Resumed," The New York Times, Aug. 21, 1938, Drama-Screen-Radio section, p. 10; Robert L. Pickering, "Eight Years of Television in California," California — Magazine of the Pacific, June 1939.
  16. See The Warsaw Voice: What's On? and Historia Przemysłowego Instytutu Telekomunikacji przez II wojną światową (in Polish).
  17. Off from 1939 to 1946 for the Second World War.
  18. Service existed only in Moscow and Leningrad until 1950. The Soviets introduced television broadcasting in the Ukraine (1951), Latvia (1954), Armenia and Estonia (1955), Georgia (1956), and Lithuania (1957).
  19. Television service existed in the Bahamas prior to 1977. Before then, they were received from the United States.
  20. Although 180-line cathode ray tube receivers were manufactured in France in 1936, a mechanical scanning camera was still used at the transmitter in Paris until 1937.
  21. Television broadcasts had also been received from Argentina.
  22. Despite the Vatican receiving a television service of its own in 1983, the Vatican (being inside the city of Rome) has been able to receive Italian broadcasts since 1954, which is still the case today.
  23. The Israeli Ministry of Education in cooperation with the Rothschild Fund started limited broadcasts to schools in March 1966. A public state-owned TV channel started broadcasting in May 1968. Broadcasts were black and white (with a few exceptions) until the early 1980s.
  24. All of the countries that established their first commercial television station after 1988 have been listed. This is according to statistics from sources including the CIA World Factbook.
  25. Malta and San Marino had also received television broadcasts from Italy.
  26. Gibraltar had also received television broadcasts from Spain.
  27. Grenada had also received television broadcasts from Trinidad and Tobago since 1962.
  28. Flemish-spoken BRT used the Belgian 625-line standard and French-spoken RTB used the Belgian 819-line standard (abandoned in 1963). Early Belgian sets were very expensive because they could receive 4 different standards: Belgian 625, European 625, Belgian 819, French 819. Later a 5th standard was added with the French 625-line standard.

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