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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Where does television broadcasting go from here?

Photo manipulation showing John Logie Baird next to a HD television, copyright Getty/AP
John Logie Baird may not have realised the extent of what could be possible following his first demonstration

With the BBC almost entirely divorced from Television Centre - the home of TV for decades - many innovators are already looking at what could be making waves, or pixels, in the future.
Since October 1925, television has moved a long way from the 30-line image of Stookie Bill, the ventriloquist's dummy.

By 1935, after some years of testing, there were around 2,000 Baird Televisors in use, costing £100 per set (the price of a small car), a year before the BBC began its Television Service.